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dylwil.bsky.social
Alzheimer's Research UK Senior Fellow, University College London. Studying the molecular epidemiology of dementia.
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Dislike this statement about AD by CARE programme grant invitation from @wellcomeleap.bsky.social and Lisa Mosconi. i) Commonplace misconception that "genetics = unmodifiable"... #episky #medsky

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

One year later ... a major update to our manuscript showing that most Alzheimer's disease is attributable to the gene APOE. We expanded it to analyses of four studies, now with data on about 460,000 people in total..... www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #Alzheimers #Dementia #Epidemiology #EpiSky

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

"We knew what we were doing. We knew about the indescribable suffering we were causing. We knew about the crimes we were committing, in real time. We knew, and declared for all the world to hear that this was what justice looked like, this was the face of morality."

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

🚨 New lifetime dementia risk & 2060 US case projections 🧠 This new 2025 study from John Hopkins updates lifetime risk estimates of dementia for the US. Data projects that 42% of adults who are alive at age 55 will develop dementia before they die, assuming current trends continue. 🧵 1/2

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Been enjoying the focus on APOE at #AAICAPOE meeting by @alzassociation.bsky.social this week. Here's my poster showing most AD is attributable to APOE variation in four large studies

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Delighted to start as a Senior Fellow for Alzheimer's Research UK this month! As are my two chief mascots (help from Bluey here to keep them still). My research will look for ways to combat the bad effects of a protein called apoE, which is the predominant cause of Alzheimer's disease

submitted 146 days ago • 3 comments