Alzheimer’s Vaccine is Successful

Swedish researchers report the successful trial of a vaccine that helps individuals develop protective antibodies that can prevent progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s is a neurological dementia disease in which the body attacks itself destroying brain cells. The disease is on the upswing with the World Health Organization declaring that dementia is the fastest growing global health epidemic of our age.
The prevailing hypothesis about the origin of Alzheimer’s involves APP (amyloid precursor protein), a protein that resides in the outer membrane of nerve cells. Instead of being normally decomposed, APP forms harmful beta-amyloid proteins, which accumulates as plaques and kills brain cells.
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