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  "abstract": "The Brains for Dementia Research (BDR) project was established to provide high quality, neuropathologically characterized post‐mortem brain tissue from a cohort of participants longitudinally assessed for outcomes that are relevant for research in relation to dementia. From its origins in 2008, over 3200 individuals with and without dementia consented to participate in the project and to donate their brains after death. Now, 18 years later over half of these pledges have been collected. Here we celebrate the BDR project and provide an update on its contributions to the field of dementia research thus far, and the future promise of maximizing benefit from this endeavor with the conception of the “BDR Collaborative”. The BDR Collaborative seeks to align and intersect data generated on this cohort and to accelerate advances in our understanding of neurodegeneration.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Biosciences Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK",
    "Faculty of Medical Sciences Newcastle University Newcastle UK",
    "UK Dementia Research Institute Imperial College London London UK",
    "Department of Brain Sciences Imperial College London London UK",
    "School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Cardiff University Cardiff UK",
    "Translational and Clinical Research Institute Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne UK",
    "Institute of Systems, Integrative and Molecular Biology University of Liverpool Liverpool UK",
    "South West Dementia Brain Bank University of Bristol Bristol UK",
    "The Oxford Brain Bank, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of Oxford Oxford UK",
    "Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, Division of Neuroscience The University of Manchester Manchester UK",
    "Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre The University of Manchester Manchester UK",
    "Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine Cardiff University Cardiff UK",
    "Department of Psychiatry University of Southampton Southampton UK",
    "Centre for Biological Engineering, Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering Loughborough University Loughborough UK",
    "London Neurodegenerative Diseases Brain Bank, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience King's College London London UK",
    "School of Health & Life Sciences Teesside University Middlesbrough UK",
    "Biomedical Research Centre Newcastle University Newcastle UK",
    "School of Psychology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences University of Bristol Bristol UK"
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      "name": "Debra J. Lett"
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      "name": "Jillian Madine"
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      "name": "Patrick G. Kehoe"
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  "title": "Brains for dementia research at 18: Commitment to impact the value of human post‐mortem tissue",
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