Elucidating metabolic dysregulation in Alzheimer’s disease: Profiling the peripheral immune cell lipidome to unravel pathological mechanisms. [ 2020-05-20T00:00:00 ]

Research Grant

Brief description Both the immune system and lipid metabolism have been identified to be important in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). With the failures of all clinical trials attempting to treat AD, we seek to determine a way to both better diagnose individuals with AD and to identify people at increased risk. This project uses a novel profiling technique to characterise the lipid composition of immune cells to diagnose, predict risk, monitor the disease and to identify potential disease modifying therapeutic targets.

Funding Amount $645,205

Funding Scheme Investigator Grants

Chief Investigator Dr Kevin Huynh

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