Scottish Rugby legend Dr James Robson tackles brain health in new role

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Scottish Brain Sciences (SBS) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr James Robson, MBE, one of the UK’s most respected sports medicine experts, as Sport and Wellbeing Medical Advisor.  

In this new role, Dr Robson will oversee SBS’s sports research initiatives and further champion the promotion of brain health and wellbeing across athletic and broader communities. 

Renowned for his distinguished career as Chief Medical Officer and Team Doctor for Scottish Rugby (SR), Dr Robson set new standards for player welfare and brain health.  

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Lecanemab is approved by MHRA in Great Britain, and restricted in NHS

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Following today’s announcements from the MHRA and NICE about a new drug, lecanemab – which approve its use in Great Britain, but block its adoption in NHS England – our CEO and Founder, Prof Craig Ritchie, said the following:

“Today’s announcements mark an important step forward in the ongoing effort to deliver better treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, but they will no doubt leave patients and their families with uncertainty about what it means for them.

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

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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…

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New Alzheimer’s Vaccine Trial in Scotland

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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.

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Blood biomarkers can reveal Alzheimer disease progression, study finds

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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…

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

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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…

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

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

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

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

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SBS webinar event for GPs in Scotland

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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.

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Brain Health Life Science Summit at St Andrews

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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…

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