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    Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice using nanoparticles

    October 8, 2025, Categories  Biology/Biotechnology, Health/Medical

    Left-hand image:  Light sheet fluorescence microscope images of mouse brain 12h after NOT being treated with nanoparticles. The brains were analyzed to see the amount of Aβ plaques accumulation. Red: Aβ plaques. Green: vessels from the blood brain barrier. Right-hand image: Light sheet fluorescence microscope image of mouse brain 12h after being treated with nanoparticles. The brains were analyzed to see the amount of Aβ plaques accumulation. Red: Aβ plaques. Green: vessels from the blood brain barrier.

    A research team co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and West China Hospital Sichuan University (WCHSU), working with partners in the UK, has demonstrated a nanotechnology strategy that reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mice.

    Unlike traditional nanomedici...

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    Natural compound in basil may protect against Alzheimer’s disease pathology

    October 6, 2021, Categories  Biology/Biotechnology, Health/Medical

    Alzheimer’s disease model of the worm C. elegans treated with the plant-derived compound fenchol (Left) and with a DMSO placebo (Right). Fenchol reduced accumulation of amyloid-β (green dots) in the organism’s head, compared to the placebo. | Images courtesy of Hariom Yadav, PhD, of the University of South Florida, first appeared as Fig. 4d in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, DIO: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.735933

    Fenchol, a natural compound abundant in some plants including basil, can help protect the brain against Alzheimer’s disease pathology, a preclinical study led by University of South Florida Health (USF Health) researchers suggests.

    The new study published Oct...

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