New major NFR project Multimodal metabolic markers for mechanisms and predictive trajectories of Alzheimer’s disease”– central for our future research.
Srdjan Djurovic and his team receive 40 million NOK from the Top Researchers program (TOPPFORSK) hosted by The Research Council of Norway to find out if it is possible to predict Alzheimer disease at an early stage.
This disease starts long before the symptoms appear, often several decades earlier. Djurovic and his research group will “go back in time” and analyze blood samples from people in their 40s and 50s to find hereditary protein and metabolic markers that can warn of risk.
By combining such early traces with brain scans, genetics and machine learning, the researchers will develop a personal “Alzheimer’s avatar” that can predict when the disease may occur for each individual. This could open the door to preventive treatment – and perhaps delay the onset of the disease for future generations.
Links:
NOK 40 million to predict and prevent Alzheimer’s disease (med.uio.no)
Srdjan Djurovic supported by the Top Researchers program (ous-research.no)