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Academic
Professor Cath Mummery
Head of Clinical Trials at the Dementia Research Centre
July 2026Aug 2026Sept 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 14 Jul 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Professor Cath Mummery: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Head of Clinical Trials at the Dementia Research Centre
- Quoted on
- Dementia
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 23 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 14 Jul 2026
04 The signal · where Professor Cath Mummery sits on dementia
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on dementia.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
- Lesley PotterClinicianAdmiral Nurse, Dementia UKLeading
Dr Sheona ScalesSector leaderDirector of Research, Alzheimer's Research UKLeading
Dr Richard OakleySector leaderAssociate Director of Research and Innovation, Alzheimer's SocietyLeading- Gwenaëlle DouaudAcademicProfessor, study authorRegularly cited
- Dr Jeremy IsaacsAcademicNHS England's national clinical director for dementiaRegularly cited
- Professor Cath MummeryAcademicHead of Clinical Trials at the Dementia Research CentreRegularly cited
- Robert HowardClinicianProfessor at University College London (UCL)Regularly cited
- Kay GibsonClinicianAdmiral nurse, Colten CareRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What Professor Cath Mummery has said
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- express.co.uk
- huffingtonpost.co.uk
- independent.co.uk
- reuters.com
- sciencealert.com
Where Professor Cath Mummery has been quoted
- Researchers No Longer See Dementia As 'Untreatable', Huge Report Sayshuffingtonpost.co.uk · 23 Sept 2026
- Alzheimer's Is No Longer an Untreatable Disease, Major Report Concludes. Here's Why.sciencealert.com · 21 Sept 2026
- ‘Dementia drug’ to be offered to over 55s in UKexpress.co.uk · 5 Sept 2026
- An experimental Alzheimer's drug shows some promise as researchers hunt new approacheswboc.com · 14 Jul 2026
- New experimental drug shows promise in slowing early Alzheimer'sindependent.co.uk · 14 Jul 2026
- Biogen's Alzheimer's drug lowers toxic protein, but results were mixedreuters.com · 14 Jul 2026
How we found the articles that name Professor Cath Mummery: we searched news for these terms.
- dementia
- dementia care
- Alzheimer's
- memory clinic
- dementia diagnosis
- dementia strategy
Also searched with “dementia” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Dementia
Verbatim
“They show consistent, significant change. So, for me, the breakthrough is that the amyloid hypothesis, which we've been chasing for decades, was confirmed at least in part... That's the foundation. It's the first brick, and there's an awful lot to build on.”
“What you really hoped for was a bigger effect [on patients], but it was a huge moment because it showed you could change the course of the disease. That's the foundation. It's the first brick, and there's an awful lot to build on.”
“reported both slower cognitive decline and significant reductions in the tau protein in the brains of participants in findings released in July”
“If you lower tau production, you are lowering the amount of the abnormal tau that needs to be cleared by the microglia, by the clearance mechanism in the brain. And so you are enabling the normal clearance mechanism to have more capacity to clear the tau”
“If you lower tau production, you are lowering the amount of the abnormal tau that needs to be cleared by the microglia, by the clearance mechanism in the brain.”
“This trial, as far as I'm concerned, is proof of principle. If you change tau, you can change the course of the disease, and we haven't had that before.”
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