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Alzheimer's breakthrough could be 'game changer'

The breakthrough has been hailed as the "best news" in dementia research in 25 years.

​The first drug to combat Alzheimer's disease is on the horizon after scientists proved they can halt mental decline by clearing the sticky plaques from the brain that cause dementia.

Scientists a step closer to bionic brain

Professor Sriram has won a ''science Oscar' as an emerging leader'.

It's been the stuff of science fiction since it was deemed theoretically possible in the 1970s. But Sharath Sriram and his research team at RMIT have finally cracked it. They have built an artificial memory cell which could one day function as the grey matter in a bionic brain.