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Alzheimer Disease
Hope for brain disease blossoms
August 26th, 2005
A substance found in the Welsh national flower, which could offer hope for sufferers of Alzheimer disease, is being supported for large-scale manufacture by Cardiff University's Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC). Certain species of daffodil, which thrive in the Black Mountains of South Powys, produce galanthamine, a leading drug in the alleviation of memory loss symptoms. The University's Manufacturing Engineering Center is now helping a company, Alzeim (supported by Glasu, the EU-funded LEADER+ Program in Powys) to develop the agricultural potential of the daffodil as a medicinal plant along with the Institute of Grassland and Environmental...
Source: Drug Week (2005-08-26)
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