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Beetroot for brain and blood sugars: University don charts a dual-therapy path
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Beetroot for brain and blood sugars: University don charts a dual-therapy pathBy Oluwafemi Adeleke OjoA Nigerian biochemist, Dr. Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo, is putting familiar food on a serious scientific footing.
In his peer-reviewed work titled “Exploring beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) for diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer’s disease dual therapy”.
The bigger pictureDr. Ojo’s beetroot work is not about replacing doctors with vegetables.
He served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Bowen University, Nigeria, before his postdoctoral appointment.
In 2023, he won the Global Excellence Stature Fellowship 4.0 in support of your postdoctoral research in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.