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Looking into treatments for Huntington’s disease that come from plants gives people hope for controlling this brain disease. Brain cells die off over time, making it hard to think and move. Instead of just treating the symptoms, plant chemicals are being studied to see if they can help lessen the effects of the disease. Antioxidants ...
University of Queensland researchers have discovered a new “seeding” process in brain cells that could be a cause of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute dementia researcher Professor Jürgen Götz said the study revealed that tangled neurons, a hallmark sign of dementia, form in part by a cellular process that has gone astray and allows a toxic ...
