Vaccines Might Be Able To Stop Alzheimer’s Plaques From Forming, Harvard Medical School Study

Our brain’s defence against invading microbes could cause Alzheimer’s disease – which suggests that vaccination could prevent the condition.

Alzheimer’s disease has long been linked to the accumulation of sticky plaques of beta-amyloid proteins in the brain, but the function of plaques has remained unclear. “Does it play a role in the brain, or is it just garbage that accumulates,” asks Rudolph Tanzi of Harvard Medical School.

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