Dementia

Our volunteers have helped with important dementia research projects, such as Alzheimer's Disease. These projects are all important stepping stones to finding better treatments for this difficult group of diseases.

Coloured artwork of the networks in the brain.

The research, led by the University of Oxford, studied the protein data over 1,000 Generation Scotland volunteers.

Animated proteins in the blood.

Using data from over 1,000 Generation Scotland volunteers, researchers find a new link between Alzheimer’s Disease and two blood proteins that could be targets for future treatment.