Can we prevent neurological disorders? #NewsSpeak £1.5m awarded to apply preventive medicine to brain disorders Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) will establish a new Centre for Preventive Neurology, thanks to £1.5m of funding from Barts Charity . Jack Cuzick QMUL Press release : The Centre will be the first of its kind in the UK and dedicated to researching how to prevent disorders that affect the brain and nervous system – specifically, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis (MS). There are currently an estimated 800,000 people living with dementia in the UK, with the disease contributing to 11 per cent of deaths in the UK in 2015. MS affects approximately 100,000 people, costing UK society £1.4 billion per year, and the number of people with Parkinson’s is set to rise to 162,000 by 2020. Despite recent advances in research using animal models, the three disorders currently have no proven disease-modifying treatments in humans. Professor Jack Cuzick ...