Our goal:
Understanding the mechanisms that cause Alzheimer’s disease
Diabetes and obesity, two major risk factors for AD
Facts & Figures
Every 3 seconds there’s a new case of dementia in the world
Alzheimer’s Disease International
1 in 3 seniors will develop Alzheimer
Alzheimer’s Association Facts & figures report
Alzheimer’s disease starts 20 years before the symptoms appear
Alzheimer’s Association Facts & figures report
More people die from Alzheimer’s disease than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined
Alzheimer’s Association Facts & figures report
Research lines
Our team is dissecting the cellular and molecular pathways by which memories are taken away by Alzheimer’s disease.
Risk factors and Alzheimer’s disease
The etiology underlying Alzheimer’s disease is highly complex and multi-factorial (i.e. genetic, environmental, co-morbid conditions and lifestyle factors). Hence, it is critical to elucidate the factors that modulate disease onset and progression. This need is becoming even more urgent as the incidence of AD continues to grow and because existing treatments are palliative, providing modest and temporary benefits. Given the major setbacks in developing disease-modifying therapies, new lines of investigation are critically needed as the ones developed by our team for a better understanding on how these risk factors modulates Alzheimer.
Innovation
Our research is using cutting-edge techniques and novel animal and cellular models to dissect the pathological mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease.