Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 10:08
in Biology & Nature
Watertown, MA -- Scientists at Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) and the University of Pennsylvania have found that combining two chemicals, one of which is the green tea component EGCG, can prevent and destroy a variety of protein structures known as amyloids. Amyloids are the primary culprits in fatal brain disorders such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases.