According to local media, researchers from KU Leuven experimented with “African turquoise killifish,” which complete their life cycle in four to six months.
The researchers, who detected a large number of diseased and old cells in the brains of fish near the end of their life cycle with the staining method, mixed Dasatinib and Quercetin and applied them to these fish for a week.
Researcher Jolien van Houcke announced that at the end of the process, they detected regeneration in the brain cells of old fish.
Van Houcke stated:
“Even with this short treatment, we were able to remove 30 percent of senescent cells. Not only did we rejuvenate the brain, we also increased the brain’s repair capacity. After treatment, the fish had more dividing stem cells that could turn into new nerve cells necessary for brain repair after injury or disease.”
Alzheimer’s and dementia diseases cannot be cured yet, but studies are ongoing.