Fighting forgetting

10/4/2021
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As our society grows older, growing numbers of people are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The condition is incurable – but could medication to relieve symptoms, or even a vaccine to prevent the disease, be on the horizon? The Cluster of Excellence "SyNergy" brings TUM together with various institutions to research Alzheimer’s and other brain disorders. Prof. Christian Haass – the Cluster’s co-spokesperson at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich – appeared on the “Exzellent erklärt” podcast series to discuss the results of research to date as well as the greatest challenges and unanswered questions for future research.

Graphic of a complex neural network with single neurons — Neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s disrupt and destroy the ultra-complex network of nerve cells in the brain.

The „SyNergy“ episode on the website of the podcast series “Exzellent erklärt” website (Episode 2, 03.10.2021, 29 min – German only):

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The podcast series’ co-creators and producers include members of the four Clusters of Excellence at TUM.

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