Dr. Tim Craig, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, talks to BBC Radio 4 Health and Science about the potential for Lion’s Mane extracts in the prevention or treatment of dementia
As part of an episode of Inside Health on BBC Radio 4, BBC Health and Science Correspondent James Gallagher interviewed Dr Tim Craig, Associate Professor of Neuroscience from the Centre for Biomedical Research (CBR), UWE, about his work looking at the potential neuroprotective effects of the Lion’s Mane mushroom. Dr Craig’s work on this project is funded by a Partnership PhD with the Bristol Fungarium, who specialise in functional mushroom extracts and tinctures. In the interview, Dr Craig discussed the purpose of the research project, which is to rigorously examine the potential of the extract of Lion’s Mane mushrooms to protect against neurotoxic damage in diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr Craig’s PhD student, Kaitlyn Turk, is using cellular models of neuronal damage to look at neuroprotective effects of these extracts, with the ultimate aim of identifying specific therapeutic compounds produced by these mushrooms. This research is highly topical due to the massive increase in interest in the medicinal properties of a variety of edible mushrooms, some of which have been used in traditional medicine for hundreds of years.
The link to the interview can be found here.
Dr. Tim J. Craig