Israeli Researcher Closes in on Alzheimer’s Vaccine

(IsraelNN.com) An Israeli researcher is closing in on a vaccine to prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease, one of the most devastating forms of dementia.

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Dr. Alon Monsonego, a researcher in the Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva and in the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, innoculated mice with human genes carrying Alzheimer's disease. He and his colleagues found that the mice "were able to reduce plaques of beta-peptides, as well as inflammations and neuronal damage associated with the disease." More...