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Article: Preclinical study shows new role for DHA in reducing risk in late-onset Alzheimer's.
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- Emerging Food R&D Report
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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A preclinical study published in the Dec. 26, 2007 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience reported that an omega-3 fatty acid found in algae--docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)--decreased an important risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles, using a mouse model, a diabetic rat model and cultured human cells, the study found that DHA increases the production of LR11, a protein vital to clearing the brain of the enzymes that make the beta amyloid plaques believed to cause Alzheimer's disease. The investigators used Martek Corp.'s DHA from microalgae for a portion of the research.
Alzheimer's patients ...