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NewsAlzheimer’s vax eliminated plaque, not dementia
Researchers are trying to find out why a vaccine for Alzheimer's would be able to eliminate the beta-amyloid plaque long considered responsible for the disease without actually curing the disease. Read more...
Alzheimer’s vax skirts deadly side effects
Scientific American is reporting on the successful advance of a preclinical Alzheimer's vaccine that combines small amounts of amyloid beta and interleukin-4, which is delivered in an inactivated Read more...
Alzheimer's vaccine spurs immune response in mice
An experimental vaccine developed at the University of Rochester Medical Center prevented the build-up of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice engineered to develop an aggressive form of Alzheimer's Read more...
| Press ReleasesPRESS RELEASE: Biogen Idec and Neurimmune Announce $380M Alliance to Develop Treatments for Alzheimer's Diseases Biogen Idec and Neurimmune Announce $380M Alliance to Develop Treatments for Alzheimer's Diseases Cambridge, MA and Zürich, Switzerland, November 20, 2007 – Biogen Idec and Neurimmune Read more... PRESS RELEASE: Children With Alzheimer's Disease Risk Gene Show Reduced Cognitive Function Children With Alzheimer's Disease Risk Gene Show Reduced Cognitive Function Children who possess a gene known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease already show signs of reduced cognitive Read more... PRESS RELEASE: An Alzheimer’s Vaccine? Oklahoma City, Nov. 12, 2007 – Could a new vaccine be the key to stopping Alzheimer’s disease? A new research study from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation shows that immunization could Read more... PRESS RELEASE: Memory Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 2a Results for MEM 3454 in Alzheimer's Disease Memory Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 2a Results for MEM 3454 in Alzheimer's Disease MONTVALE, N.J., Nov. 2 -- Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. today announced positive top-line data from the Read more... PRESS RELEASE: UCLA scientists pinpoint a possible physical origin of Alzheimer's disease UCLA scientists pinpoint a possible physical origin of Alzheimer's disease Discovery suggests new ways to treat disorder's cause, not just symptoms FINDINGS: For some time, scientists have blamed Read more... |
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