Prof. Jean Manson
- UoE Honorary staff
Organisation Associations
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Edinburgh Neuroscience
School of Regeneration and Repair
Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Current research interests
- Understanding mechanisms of neurodegeneration associated with Prion and Alzheimer's diseases.
- The influence of the immune system on neurodegeneration
- Interactions between glial and neuronal cells
- Defining and interfering with pathways of neurodegeneration
- Healthy ageing of the CNS
Research in a nutshell
Jean Manson performs research that studies a group of diseases called the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies - also known as prion diseases. These diseases affect humans and animals and examples include BSE, variant CJD and scrapie. They cause cells in the nervous system to degenerate and they are fatal with no treatments or cures currently available.
To hear more about prions diseases, please watch the recording of a public lecture given by Jean as part of the Medical Detectives series organised by the University of Edinburgh's College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUcvsEP6L_E