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Details for Dr Scott Miners
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Scott Miners |
| Job title | Research Fellow |
| Department | Bristol Medical School (THS) University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | B.Sc., Ph.D.(Wales) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | dementia beta-amlyoid degrading enzymes Alzheimer's disease enzymatic assays neprilysin biomarkers |
| Areas of expertise | I joined the Dementia Research Group in 2005 and have been working on a research programme examining the levels of beta-amlyoid (Aß)-degrading enzymes in the Alzheimer’s brain. I am currently developing novel enzymatic assays that will allow the specific measurement of individual Aß-degrading enzymes in various tissue compartments, including the CSF. Based on pilot data I collected, the department was awarded a James Tudor Foundation research grant to examine the potential of the Aß-degrading enzyme, Neprilysin, as a novel biomarker in Alzheimer’s. |