Deputy First Minister announces Scottish Brain Sciences as anchor tenant in ONE BioHub Aberdeen

Our CEO, Prof Craig Ritchie, and Chair, Mark Cook, were delighted to meet with Deputy First Minister,Kate Forbes MSP, at our new base in ONE Biohub in Aberdeen. This is a great opportunity to discuss how we will improve equity of access to Alzheimer’s therapies in the north east, as well as wider life science advances across Scotland. Read more…

New Alzheimer’s Vaccine Trial in Scotland

Scottish Brain Sciences is delighted to be the first clinical site open in the UK & Europe, to deliver a clinical trial of a new active immunotherapy (a vaccine) aimed at preventing or slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Blood biomarkers can reveal Alzheimer disease progression, study finds

New blood tests for a protein linked with Alzheimer’s Disease can identify those patients whose disease is progressing. Read more about how these can be used to help design the next evolution in clinical trials…

Analysis Begins on Blood Samples for Markers of Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers working in the Scottish Brain Sciences (SBS) Biomarker Laboratory have this month begun to analyse blood samples for markers of Alzheimer’s disease. Read more here…

Speaker sessions from our event – “Can we Prevent and Cure Alzheimer’s Disease?” – are now available!

The fantastic speaker sessions from our first Open Research event are now available to watch on our YouTube channel

Join us at our Open Research Evening – “Can We Prevent and Cure Alzheimer’s Disease?”

We are very excited to be hosting an Open Research Evening – “Can We Prevent and Cure Alzheimer’s Disease?” …

SBS webinar event for GPs in Scotland

With this webinar event, we hope to create a proactive Scottish network of GPs who want to help their patients become more aware of their current and future brain health.

Brain Health Life Science Summit at St Andrews

On 10th May, some of our SBS team headed to the St Andrews Eden Campus to attend the Brain Health Life Science Summit. Read more…

Hope for the future in dementia research

Read here for an insight from the STV News show, Scotland Tonight, with our CEO and Founder, Prof Craig Ritchie, about the lifechanging potential for research to help detect Alzheimer’s early & treat before it progresses to dementia.