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鈥淓ven though I鈥檓 a professor now, I still spend a lot of time in the lab, as I know that when I鈥檓 working hands on, that鈥檚 when I get the new ideas,鈥� says Peter Nilsson. He develops tracer molecules that are used in research into Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.

Two diseases that affect the brain, Parkinson鈥檚 disease and multiple system atrophy, show the same characteristics. Scientists have now shown that tracer molecules developed at LiU can distinguish between these diseases.