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Researchers Have Discovered How Brains Trigger Anti-Oxidants October 20, 2006 2:45 p.m. EST Linda Young - All Headline News Staff Writer Boston, Massachusetts (AHN) - New research on how the brain activates protective anti-oxidants might hold the key to treating incurable diseases such as Parkinson's, Huntington's, and Alzheimer's and others. Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, affiliated with Harvard University, have figured out how the brain turns on the anti-oxidant system to protect its nerve cells from free radicals. Free radicals are the waste product from cell metabolism and are thought to cause heart disease, some degenerative brain diseases, cancer and aging. "This could have broad implications for the many diseases in which reactive oxygen species are implicated," said Dana-Farber's Bruce Spiegelman, PhD. Although anti-oxidant supplements have helped some patients with neurodegenerative diseases, the process Farber researchers have discovered mimics the way nature does it, Newswise reported. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn