The Lewy Body Society has funded two 'Innovations Grants', administered by Parkinson's UK, in order to support two research projects to increase understanding of Lewy Body Dementias.
We have given Dr Jose Bras' team at University College London a grant of £35,000 to investigate the genetics of DLB and Dr Tilo Kunath's team at University of Edinburgh £18,172 to test DLB drugs.
Our sponsored Ph.D. student describes her project:
“My PhD project investigates genes and molecular processes which might lead to dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), focusing on the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene. It has recently been suggested that the presence of a faulty GBA gene contributes to the risk of developing DLB and PD, however the mechanism for that association is unknown.
