Melanie Campbell sees the eyes as a window to the brain, where the presence of amyloid beta proteins in the neural layers of the retina may lead to an early and definitive test for Alzheimer’s disease.
Read more about Melanie's research on an early test for Alzheimer's.
Dr. Melanie Campbell and graduate student Lyndsy Acheson study an image of a retina. They are looking for protein deposits found in association with brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's, FTLD-TDP and ALS (University of Waterloo).
Hand holding small pieces of cut colourful plastic bottles, which Waterloo researchers are now able to convert into high-value products using sunlight. (RecycleMan/Getty Images)
