Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Professor
Malcolm Macleod, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences; and Professor Karen
Horsburgh, Centre for Neuroregeneration discuss exciting new approaches to
modelling stroke in the laboratory, some of the new treatments that are being
developed in the laboratory, and how these are being brought forward for use
with patients.
Stroke is one of
the leading causes of death and disability, and most are caused by a blockage
in the blood supply to part of the brain. Fundamental research can help develop
drugs to treat stroke, but we are still a long way away from a cure.