Paul Alan Cox Ph.D.
Ethnobotany and the Search for new ALS & Alzheimer's Drugs in Remote Villages
The ethnobotanical search for new drugs has succeeded, in the past, in facilitation the discovery of some of our most important pharmaceuticals, including Digitalis for atrial fibrillation, Vincristine for pediatric leukemia, and Pilocarpine for glaucoma. Recently, ethnobotanical explorations of island villages with high rates ALS and Alzheimer's type disease has yielded new insights into environmental toxins that trigger brain tangles and plaques in vulnerable individuals. Conversely, ethnobotanical analysis of island villages that have no record of neurodegenerative illness has yielded startling new insights into the role that diet can play in disease prevention. These ethnobotanical hypothesis have now been rigorously tested, both in vitro and in vivo, as well as in human clinical trials that show great promise for slowing and hopefully preventing these serious brain diseases.
February 13, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. CST
Van Meter Hall
This is a FREE EVENT and no tickets will be distributed.
http://www.wku.edu/culturalenhancement/season.php
The ethnobotanical search for new drugs has succeeded, in the past, in facilitation the discovery of some of our most important pharmaceuticals, including Digitalis for atrial fibrillation, Vincristine for pediatric leukemia, and Pilocarpine for glaucoma. Recently, ethnobotanical explorations of island villages with high rates ALS and Alzheimer's type disease has yielded new insights into environmental toxins that trigger brain tangles and plaques in vulnerable individuals. Conversely, ethnobotanical analysis of island villages that have no record of neurodegenerative illness has yielded startling new insights into the role that diet can play in disease prevention. These ethnobotanical hypothesis have now been rigorously tested, both in vitro and in vivo, as well as in human clinical trials that show great promise for slowing and hopefully preventing these serious brain diseases.
February 13, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. CST
Van Meter Hall
This is a FREE EVENT and no tickets will be distributed.
http://www.wku.edu/culturalenhancement/season.php
