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Raymond and Beverly Sackler Lecture

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The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture in the Medical Sciences takes place at the University of Leeds on Tuesday 27 January 2009

Molecular mechanisms that cause neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease is presented by Professor Peter St George-Hyslop FRS, Professor of Experimental Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Neurosciences,
University of Cambridge.


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