Four years ago, a research group at the University of Oslo made what would turn out to be a major discovery. They found that an extract from passion fruit had the potential to slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease. What is it about this small fruit that might promote healthy aging and slow the progression of dementia? The researchers have now made an exciting new discovery that could significantly accelerate the search for a medicine against Alzheimer’s disease. “After four years of hard work, we have managed to uncover what the passion fruit’s secret is,” says Associate Professor Evandro Fei Fang-Stavem at the University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital.
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