New Method for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease Developed by Researchers:
Associate professor Evandro F. Fang. Photo- Thomas Olafsen, University of Oslo
Researchers in Oslo have developed an artificial intelligence method to help them identify potential new medicines for Alzheimer’s. Associate professor Evandro F. Fang, the leader of the research group, when describing a new potential method of treatment said “We may be able to reduce or stop the progress of the disease with the patient. We can do this by increasing the cell’s ability to self-clean.” This process of cell self-cleaning, called mitophagy, is slowed by Alzheimer’s disease which causes cell functions to slow and become less efficient. When using artificial intelligence Fang and the research team found two candidates, Rhapontigenin and Kaempferol, that had proven ability to be able to inhibit memory loss in mice. Though the compounds haven’t been tested in humans yet, the team is working on modifying each of the substances so that they are safer and more efficient at treating Alzheimer’s.