Scientists at Addenbrooke’s are inviting local residents to come along and learn more about Alzheimer’s disease and the progress made in research both locally and internationally.

Dr Simon Ridley, of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust who will be talking at the meeting, said:

“In recent years the Alzheimer’s Research Trust has funded over £2million of research in Cambridge, yielding exciting results that will provide greater clarity in our understanding of Alzheimer’s. It is a very complex disease, and we desperately need to fund more research to offer new hope of developing the treatments we need.

“Nearly 6,000 people in Cambridgeshire have dementia, and this is a figure forecast to double within a generation. The threat this condition poses to our society is real, and we must support research that will give us answers.”

The Alzheimer’s Research Trust event will take place from 4-6pm on Monday 29th June 2009 at the Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge (Addenbrooke’s Site). For more information contact Janice Warwick: 01223 330312 or jw621@medschl.cam.ac.uk