IRON IN DISEASES OF THE AGEING BRAIN: from bench to clinic

我的目标是更深入地了解老年无法治愈的神经系统疾病——阿尔茨海默病、帕金森病和运动神经元病的病因、检测和治疗。随着年龄的增长，铁在脑组织中不必要地积累。我将继续研究衰老蠕虫、培养细胞、小鼠、人脑组织、脑成像和临床试验，以确定铁积累问题是否是这些疾病的药物靶点。

I aim to achieve a deeper understanding of the causes, detection and treatment of incurable neurological diseases of advancing age - Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Motor Neuron Disease. Iron needlessly accumulates in brain tissue with age. I will pursue studies of ageing worms, cells in culture, mice, human brain tissue, brain imaging and clinical trials, to determine whether the problem of iron accumulation is a drug target for these diseases.