Seaweed can help treat Alzheimer's disease

According to Italian scientists, a substance that exists in seaweed can help brain cells fight the negative effects of alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's (dementia), a degenerative disease of the central nervous system, is common in people over 65 years of age.

A new report from the University of Molise, Southern Italy, says some seaweed species contain a substance called "homotaurine" that can protect the brain against degenerative conditions caused by alzheimer's disease.

Professor Giovanni Scapagnini, the leader of the research team, gave "homotaurine" injections to more than 2,000 alzheimer's patients in Italy, the US and some European countries for months.

After 18 months of stopping the injections, the team found that "homotaurine" significantly reduced the survival of toxins thought to be the main cause of impaired brain function.

This substance has a particularly positive effect on the brain area associated with memory, which is first devastated by Alzheimer's disease, causing people to lose their memory.

The great discovery of "homotaurine" is considered an important step in the treatment of alzheimer's disease in the context of an increasing number of alzheimer's patients in the world and is expected to triple in the next 40 years.

Currently, science is still stuck with this disease. According to scientists, smoking, obesity and electromagnetic waves are thought to be the main causes of memory loss.