HOUSTON, July 13 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:
Backed by $2.16M Grant, UH Researcher Studies How Copper Imbalances Drive Neurodegenerative
Diseases
By
Kelly Schafler - 713-743-1153
University of Houston Associate Professor Tai-Yen Chen received a $2.16 million grant
to study how copper imbalances in the body may contribute to neurodegenerative diseases
such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS.
Using a groundbreaking imaging technique, a University of Houston chemist is uncovering
how copper imbalances in the body may contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such
as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS.
While the root cause of these incurable diseases remains largely unknown and existing
medications only m...