LSUHSC research shows fish oil protects against diseases like Parkinson's
Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 13:07
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Dr Nicolas Bazan, Director of the Neuroscience Centre of Excellence, Boyd Professor, and Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair of Retinal Degenerative Diseases Research at LSU Health Sciences Centre New Orleans, will present new research findings showing that an omega three fatty acid in the diet protects brain cells by preventing the misfolding of a protein resulting from a gene mutation in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Huntington's. He presented these findings for the first time on Sunday, 19 April 2009 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Centre, Nouvelle C Room, at the American Society for Nutrition, Experimental Biology 2009 Annual Meeting...
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