The results from COSMOS-Web(Opens a new window), an independent trial under the umbrella of the COSMOS trial, have been published today. COSMOS-Web showed that flavanols work to maintain hippocampal memory and cognitive performance during normal cognitive aging.
COSMOS-Web is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, studying the effects of flavanols on memory and cognitive aging at scale. The trial was conceived and led by researchers at Columbia University.
Researchers at the University of Reading and Mars Edge are co-authors on the paper. Dr. Hagen Schroeter, Chief Science Officer at Mars Edge, and Dr. Javier Ottaviani, Director of the Core Laboratory of Mars Edge contributed to the study methodology, including the development of a biomarker analysis tool for dietary flavanol intake. COSMOS-Web is an ancillary study to the COSMOS parent trial. It was in part funded by an investigator-initiated grant from Mars Edge, the National Institutes of Health, and the Nathanial Wharton Fund.
To read more about the results of COSMOS-Web, view the press release issued by Columbia University(Opens a new window).
