A compound found in abundance in baleen whale meat may help prevent Parkinson's disease, an incurable brain disorder, according to research by Iwate University and other institutions.The compound, known as balenine, eased symptoms in mice engineered to model Parkinson's disease. If the same effects can be confirmed in humans, the findings could open the door to a new treatment.The study was reported in a European academic journal on April 17.Balenine's Brain Benefits Balenine is found in large amounts in baleen whales, including fin, minke, and sei whales. Previous studies have linked the compound to brain-related benefits, including improved cognitive function. Researchers therefore saw potential for it to ease Parkinson's disease, which disrupts signals from the brain to the body and causes symptoms such as tremors, impaired movement, falls, and cognitive decline.Parkinson's disease develops as nerve cells that produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain, gradually decline. One suspected driver of the disease is mitochondrial damage—the tiny structures inside cells that generate energy—which can lead to cell death.To test balenine's effects, the team used mice in which Parkinson's disease had been reproduced by impairing mitochondrial function in dopamine-producing nerve cells.The mice showed abnormal behavior, moving restlessly around their cages. But after receiving daily doses of balenine for 13 weeks, the distance they traveled during these episodes fell by 20% to 30% between the third and eighth weeks.A Step Toward Human Trials https://japan-forward.com/whale-meat-may-help-slow-parkinsons-disease-research-indicates/
The researchers also found that, inside dopamine-producing nerve cells, a repair mechanism had been activated: damaged mitochondria were being broken down and rebuilt."We have identified part of the mechanism by which balenine acts on nerve cells," said Taku Ozaki, an associate professor of cellular biochemistry at Iwate University who specializes in neurological disease research. "The effect was striking."The findings, however, do not show that eating whale meat will necessarily prevent Parkinson's disease. The team now plans to examine whether balenine is effective in humans and how the compound can be delivered safely to the brain.The balenine used in the experiment was extracted from sei whales. Per 100 grams, sei whale meat contains about 27 times more balenine than pork, 250 times more than chicken, and 640 times more than beef. The compound is also heat-resistant and remains stable inside the body, according to the researchers.Parkinson's disease is thought to affect roughly one in 100 people aged 65 or older. There is still no cure, and treatment currently centers on therapies that supplement dopamine.
>>534983214Can you swim inside a whale pussy?
>>534983203Norwegians keep on winning.
>>534983287Yes anon
We need to rear whales for consumption. Mainly the humpbacks because they are known to have helped humans before, only makes sense to enslave their species to be raised for slaughter in perpetuity.
Whale meat is also loaded with PCBs. Would try it anyway though.
Only issue is the high mercury content in them though.
>>534983203>>534983214TLDRWhat's the compound called? Mercury?
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>>534983577>Balenine is found in large amounts in baleen whales, including fin, minke, and sei whales.
>>534983203whales will again be hunted, but only for davos attendees. sorry, plebs
>>534983203nips will do anything to hunt whales to extinction lol
>>534983203>>534983214Just kill yourself already man, no one likes faggots like you anyway.
>>534983645t. whale
>>534983602What does Balenine have to do with mercury? Are you stupid?
>>534983680Nothing at all anon but the compound they are talking about is Balenine.
>>534983577I was about to say. Whale meat is so high in mercury that doctors advise people not to eat it. Even if it prevents Parkinson's, the mercury will poison your brain anyway.
>the distance they traveled during these episodes fell by 20% to 30% between the third and eighth weeks.Exciting job
>>534983506no, we should just totally exterminate all southeast asian jungle niggers. fuck you and your whole disgusting ugly ass nigger race, fuckin gook.
>>534983203To all the faggots talking about whale meat you can buy Balenine without the need to murder whales.https://www.echemi.com/produce/pr2401161084-balenine.html You can also buy the psyop known as Adrenochrome by the kilo, without needing to torture babies for it.https://www.echemi.com/produce/pr2507101005-high-quality-99-adrenochrome-cas-54-06-8-from-yihang-supplier.html
GIMME ALL THE WHALE MEAT I DONT CARE ABOUT SAVING THE WHALES ANYMORE FUCK EM
>>534983965what if we kill them for research instead then sell the rest to restaurants instead.
Low fat diet with cholesterol meds was a terrible mistake
>>534984037The babies or the whales? Is it a jewish restaurant or Asian, maybe a Asian-fusion style with a jewish twist?
>>534984189Either really.
>>534983203Ok gook
>>534983550Printed Circuit Boards?
>>534983203Moby Dicks back on
