Researchers Link Dietary Fats to Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative illness that causes a gradual decline in an individual’s memory, behavior and thinking. Researchers believe that the illness can be caused by multiple factors, the most common one being dementia. Now, new research conducted by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili has linked saturated fats to the disease. The research was led by Professor Mònica Bulló of the institution’s department of biotechnology and biochemistry, in association with the University of Barcelona, CIBERobn, and the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute. For their research, the scientists used mice models that had developed Alzheimer’s in adulthood. They centered…
