The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has developed a multifunctional organic compound called F-SLOH, which has the potential to treat early Alzheimer’s disease. The research results were published in the international academic journal “Redox Biology.”
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease with common symptoms such as absent-mindedness, language impairment, being prone to losing direction, mood swings, and other behavioural problems. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for 65% of the elderly Chinese with dementia in Hong Kong. On the global scale, in 2021, there were more than 55 million people who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. There is currently no effective way to stop or reverse the course of the disease, only temporary relief of symptoms….