RSC - Advancing the Chemical Sciences


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Professor Brian Austen

Chairman

Research interests:Brian is Professor in Protein Science at St George's Medical School, South London, where he researches into pathogenesis and therapies of Alzheimer's Disease and familial dementias related to the BRI gene. He is investigating novel therapies that disrupt the production of amyloid in cholesterol-rich rafts, compounds that prevent the fas-mediated apoptosis of neuronal cells by aggregated amyloids, and smart contrast agents that enable diagnosis of amyloid deposits by MRI.

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