Dyson and Jackie Stewart back dementia research

The Race Against Dementia Dyson Fellowship will see Dr Claire Durrant investigating the effects of dementia on the brain, using Dyson equipment which is usually reserved for battery research. Around 50 million people around the world suffer from dementia, and with no current cure, it is estimated that one in three people born today will ultimately die of the disease.

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Dr Durrant’s five-year research project will seek to explore the biological complexity of dementia through the prism of engineering rigour. Dyson engineers will help Claire analyse brain samples on a microscopic level, using in-house equipment and expertise at the company’s labs in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. After collaborating online over the past year, Dr Durrant visited Malmesbury in July 2021 to get hands-on with the team’s equipment and better understand its application in her research.