Alzheimer vaccine 'effective and safe'

Source: Daily Telegraph
Posted: June 13, 2006

Summary:

A DNA vaccine has been developed a vaccine that reduces the deposition of plaque, a trigger for symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice without causing side-effects. The vaccine did not trigger side-effects such as brain inflammation, even after prolonged treatment, and the team concludes that the approach is "highly effective and safe" and promising for use on patients. The researchers add that DNA vaccines may be inexpensive to produce. Researchers believe these results make enable the vaccine to be tested on humans in the future.

Commentary: Hopefully this vaccine will be able to protect healthy brain cells from being destroyed by the build up of plaque in the brain that can trigger symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease.