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Dr Selina Wray (Department of Molecular Neuroscience) is to front a national appeal for the .

Dr Selina Wray was selected by the UK dementia research charity thanks to her cutting-edge work using stem cells to fight Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.

Dr Wray won a fellowship grant from the Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Trust in June 2009. She is using stem cells, made from adult skin cells, to study the tau protein, which forms toxic tangles thought to be behind the damage caused by dementia.

The new Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Trust appeal features an in-depth look at Dr Wray鈥檚 research alongside a letter written by actress Lynda Bellingham to nearly 40,000 of the charity鈥檚 supporters. The 2008 appeal, which featured Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Trust Patron Sir Cliff Richard, raised nearly 拢75,000, but the charity is determined to beat that total in 2009.

Speaking about her involvement in the appeal, Dr Wray said: 鈥淚鈥檓 over the moon to have my work featured in the appeal. Dementia research doesn鈥檛 get the attention it deserves and it鈥檚 a horrible disease for patients and their families. I want to be part of developing new treatments, which are now more important than ever as our population gets older. It鈥檚 an exciting time to be involved in this research and I鈥檓 really grateful to the Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Trust and its supporters for funding my work.鈥�

Rebecca Wood, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Trust, said: 鈥淒r Wray is one of our pioneering researchers and we鈥檙e delighted to feature her work in this important appeal. We鈥檙e similarly delighted to have the support of Lynda Bellingham who sadly lost her mother to Alzheimer鈥檚. Appeals like this are a crucial way of raising much needed funds for dementia research. The population living with this cruel condition is forecast to double to 1.4 million within a generation 鈥� UK researchers hold the key to arresting this worrying trend, we must back them all the way.鈥�