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Bristol charity advent calendar 2021, day 10: BRACE
The latest charity that Bristol24/7 is celebrating as part of the charity advent calendar is BRACE, the organisation that funds world-class research into Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
A challenge that dementia research faces is that it remains troublingly underfunded. For every £10 spent on dementia care and support, just 8 pence is spent on the research to defeat it.
Based in Southmead Hospital, BRACE has three main aims:
is needed now More than ever
- Provide the means by which medical science comes to understand what causes dementia in its various forms.
- Achieve earlier diagnosis of dementia, thereby giving new treatments and knowledge of prevention more time to make a difference.
- Find new and more powerful treatments, and ultimately a cure.
This year on World Alzheimer’s Day, BRACE announced that it had funded the world’s first early Alzheimer’s test using EEG – by measuring brain activity. The test was developed at Bath University by Dr George Stothart and his team thanks to full funding from the charity. The test is the first in the world to detect Alzheimer’s Disease, up to 5-10 years earlier than a doctor currently can.
BRACE has funded over 30 PhDs in dementia research since 2000. The funding has paid for more skilled dementia researchers who are now working on developing effective treatments for
dementia.
If would like to support the charity’s work, you can join their Light Up a Life Christmas Campaign.
Post a photo, and a dedication to a loved one free of charge and if you wish, make a donation in support of world-class dementia research.
Main photo: Nic Delves-Broughton/University of Bath/PA
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