HKBU develops Chinese medicine new formula for treating Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers from the School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have developed a Chinese medicine formula named NeuroDefend that offers a potential novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Mouse model experiment results showed that the formula reduces the levels of amyloid-beta (Aβ) and insoluble hyperphosphorylated-tau protein, which are the major hallmarks of AD, in mice brains. It also improves cognitive function and memory in mice.
Professor Li Min, Professor of the Teaching and Research Division and Associate Dean of the School of Chinese Medicine at HKBU (middle); Dr Iyaswamy Ashok, Research Assistant Professor of the School of Chinese Medicine at HKBU (left); Dr K. Senthilkumar, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow of Mr and Mrs Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson s Disease Research at HKBU (right), have developed a Chinese medicine formula named NeuroDefend that offers