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John Hardy is the UK 's first Breakthrough Prize laureate
Author(s) -
Martin Seamus J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the febs journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1742-4658
pISSN - 1742-464X
DOI - 10.1111/febs.13602
Subject(s) - nobel laureate , neuroscience , art history , gerontology , art , cognitive science , classics , psychology , medicine , literature , poetry
John Hardy, Professor of Neuroscience at University College London and Editorial Board member of The FEBS Journal , has been awarded The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in recognition of his work identifying mutations that cause amyloid build‐up in the brain – research that has transformed the study of Alzheimer's disease and other major neurodegenerative diseases.