{"articles":[{ "contentID": "1858024", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/engineering-meets-neuroscience-in-aria-funded-project-to-monitor-the-brain-through-its-blood-vessels-/", "date": "5 November 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-11-05", "headline": "Engineering meets neuroscience in ARIA-funded project to monitor the brain through its blood vessels ", "summary": "An interdisciplinary team of Imperiaacademics has secured \u00A33.66 million in funding from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to develop miniature sensors that could read brain activity from inside the brain\u2019s blood vessels, without the need for open brain surgery. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania, Wiktoria Tunska", "profile": "Dr Yunlong Zhao, Professor Daniele Dini, Dr Tian Yuan, Professor Mengxing Tang, Professor Ferdinando M Rodriguez y Baena, Dr Marco Brancaccio", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Medicine", "topic": "Health, Engineering, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Engineering Bioeng|Health|Health and Technology|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1837584", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/rethinking-glp-1-therapy-for-parkinsons-a-qa-with-dr-cynthia-sandor/", "date": "23 September 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-09-23", "headline": "A precision approach to GLP-1 therapy in Parkinson's \u2013 Q&A with Dr Cynthia Sandor", "summary": "Weight-loss drugs, specifically the GLP-1 class of drugs behind Ozempic, have shown promising but inconsistent results in Parkinson's disease. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania", "profile": "Dr Cynthia A M Sandor", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Dementia|Research|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1812168", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/2026/scientists-identify-a-genetic-rescue-effect-that-lowers-alzheimers-risk-/", "date": "22 July 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-07-22", "headline": "Scientists identify a genetic \u201Crescue effect\u201D that lowers Alzheimer\u2019s risk ", "summary": "Researchers from the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperiaand the UK Dementia Research Institute revealed how TREM2 \u2013 a well-known Alzheimer\u2019s risk gene \u2013 interacts with CD33, a gene that can reduce this disease risk. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania", "profile": "Dr Nurun Nahar Fancy, Dr Johanna S Jackson, Professor Paul Matthews", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Dementia|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1810828", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/what-can-scientists-learn-from-the-brains-of-centenarians-/", "date": "17 July 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-07-17", "headline": "Team EMERALD wins \u00A31.5 million from the Dementia Frontiers Fund ", "summary": "What can scientists learn from the brains of centenarians? While most dementia research asks what causes the disease, EMERALD (Epigenomic Mechanisms of Extreme Resilience and APOE Liability in Dementia) takes the opposite approach, asking how people can reach very old age while avoiding it.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania", "profile": "Dr Alexi Nott", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Dementia|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1778629", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/ultrasound-offers-a-non-invasive-new-hope-for-tackling-brain-inflammation/", "date": "27 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-27", "headline": "Ultrasound shows promise as a non-invasive treatment for brain inflammation", "summary": "Neuroinflammation contributes to the progression of several neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, affecting millions of people worldwide. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania", "profile": "Miss Sarina Grewal, Dr Sophie Morse", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Medicine", "topic": "Health, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Dementia|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1778610", "articleURL": "/news/articles/natural-sciences/2026/mentoring-programme-combatting-education-inequality-supports-year-12-students-for-the-fifth-year/", "date": "27 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-27", "headline": "Mentoring programme combatting education inequality supports year 12 students for the fifth year", "summary": "The fifth iteration of the Confronting Inequality in Education (CIE) programme took place last month supporting over 70 students from sixth form students in London schools. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Alice Sharman", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Natural Sciences", "topic": "Campus and community, Science", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Outreach|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1777016", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/new-live-imaging-platform-reveals-how-the-brain-keeps-time-/", "date": "19 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-19", "headline": "New live-imaging platform tracks how the brain keeps time ", "summary": "Researchers from Imperiahave developed a new live imaging platform to study how the brain's internal clock works at the cellular level.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Dementia|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1771837", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/keeping-brain-tissue-cooler-after-death-could-improve-vital-neuroscience-research-/", "date": "27 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-27", "headline": "Keeping brain tissue cooler after death could improve vital neuroscience research ", "summary": "A significant amount of neuroscience research relies on human post-mortem brain tissue, the quality of which deteriorates after death. A recently published Nature Communications study, led by scientists from Imperiaand McGill University, suggested that while time is an important factor, temperature may play an even greater role in brain tissue preservation than previously thought. \n\n ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania", "profile": "Dr Johanna S Jackson, Professor Paul Matthews", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Research|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1769817", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/wellcome-awards-392m-to-imperial-team-for-real-time-brain-imaging-breakthrough-/", "date": "17 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-17", "headline": "Wellcome awards \u00A33.92M to Imperiateam for real-time brain imaging breakthrough", "summary": "Researchers at Imperiawill develop an imaging system capable of capturing the electrical activity of thousands of neurons simultaneously, in three dimensions and in real time.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania", "profile": "Dr Samuel J Barnes", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Dementia|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1739860", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/bioengineering/2026/bioengineering-phd-student-wins-mrc-max-perutz-award-for-science-communication/", "date": "14 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-14", "headline": "Bioengineering PhD student wins national award for science writing", "summary": "Vanessa Drevenakova\u2019s award-winning article on brain ageing research has reached wider audiences through national media coverage and a later reflection on how patient responses changed the way she shares science. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Kemi Aofolaju", "profile": "Dr Sophie Morse", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, ImperiaNews, News", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Imaging|Public Engagement|Societal Engagement|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1766174", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/2026/dementia-trials-initiative-involves-imperial-study-cohort/", "date": "10 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-10", "headline": "Dementia trials initiative involves Imperiastudy cohort", "summary": "An initiative to transform dementia clinical trials in the UK by increasing the number of participants has welcomed the first people into streamlined screening tests.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Samantha Rey", "profile": "Professor Paul Elliott", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "ImperiaNews, Medicine", "topic": "Health, Science", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Dementia|Research|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1740232", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/platinum-success-for-four-green-impact-teams/", "date": "4 February 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-02-04", "headline": "Platinum success for four Green Impact teams", "summary": "Imperiaheld its annual awards ceremony to celebrate the efforts of its Green Impact teams who engaged over 2,500 staff and students in sustainability initiatives this year.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "", "profile": "", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Administration, Medicine", "topic": "Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "School of Public Health|Sustainability|Sustainable 海角社区|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1721209", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/two-new-imperial-led-dementia-projects-funded-/", "date": "5 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-05", "headline": "Two new 海角社区-led dementia projects funded by the Medical Research Council investment ", "summary": "The latest \u00A316.5\u202Fmillion funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC) for experimental medicine dementia studies is designed to bring researchers, patients, and industry partners together to better understand how dementia develops. Two of the funded projects will be led by Imperiascientists, Dr Nir Grossman and Dr Alastair Webb. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania", "profile": "Dr Nir Grossman, Professor Alastair J S Webb", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Dementia|Research|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1715081", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2025/new-study-reveals-how-blood-vessel-cells-shape-dementia-risk/", "date": "19 November 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-11-19", "headline": "New study reveals how blood vessel cells shape dementia risk", "summary": "A new study has revealed that the cells lining our brain\u2019s blood vessels play a more significant role in dementia than previously understood.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania", "profile": "Dr Alexi Nott", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Postgraduate|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },]}