Vitamin K2 May Bring New Hope to Parkinson’s Patients
May 13, 2012
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Posted by Luca Guy
A Belgian neuroscientist has succeeded in undoing the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinsons using Vitamin K2.
It appears from our research that administering Vitamin K2 could possibly help patients with Parkinsons. However, more work needs to be done to understand this better, said Patrik Verstreken, who is associated with The Flanders Institute for Biotechnology and KU Leuven. He also worked with colleagues at Northern Illinois University on the research, which has been published online in the journal Science.
Verstreken uses a factory to explain what happens with Parkinsons patients: “If we looked at cells as small factories, then mitochondria would be the power plants responsible for supplying the energy for their operation. I
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