Vaccine May Protect Against Alzheimer's

University of Texas scientists say they've found that doses of DNA-gene-coated gold particles protect mice against a protein involved in Alzheimer's disease.

The researchers at UT's Southwestern Medical Center say by pressure-injecting the gene responsible for producing the specific protein -- amyloid-beta 42 -- they caused the mice to make antibodies and greatly reduced the protein's build-up in the brain.

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Source: Health & Wellness

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