April 11/New Delhi/The Times of India -- A new study shows that reducing iron levels in blood plasma may protect the brain from changes related to Alzheimer’s Disease.
In the current study a group of investigators from led by Dr. Othman Ghribi, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, rabbits were fed a high-cholesterol diet which caused them to accumulate plaques of a small protein called beta-amyloid.