CSAR lecture: Looking inside the box: PET imaging and blood tests as windows into brain biology in dementia

Speaker: Dr. Maura Malpetti, Dept. Clinical Neurosciences; UK Dementia Research Institute
Series: Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)
Admission (organiser's words): Open to all.
Also open online: the joining details are on the talk's page.

How molecular imaging and soluble markers reveal pathology and inflammation change in dementia.

Dementia arises from a complex interplay of protein accumulation, inflammation, synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration. Understanding these processes in living people is essential for earlier diagnosis, more accurate prognosis and the development of effective treatments. In this lecture, Dr Maura Malpetti will discuss how positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and emerging blood tests can be combined to provide complementary windows onto brain biology in dementia. PET enables researchers to visualise and quantify molecular processes within the brain, including abnormal protein deposition, neuroinflammation, synaptic loss and altered metabolism. Blood-based biomarkers offer a more scalable and repeatable way to measure biological change across larger populations and over time.

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