to learn how these nutrients might be used to treat many illnesses. "Similar combinations have been very effective in preventing macular degeneration, and many of these agents have been used with Alzheimers and Parkinsons diseases, stroke-like ischemia, and other conditions that involve neural degeneration," Le Prell says. "Youre always hoping as a basic scientist to find a commonality like that, across other disease processes," says Miller.

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Contact: Kara Gavin
kegavin@umich.edu
734-764-2220
University of Michigan Health System
28-Mar-2007


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