Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Immune Antibodies Penetrate Neurons to Clear Alzheimer's-Linked Amyloid

Source: Weill Cornell Medical College
Date: May 22, 2007

Summary:

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have gotten much closer to understanding how immune-based therapies can treat Alzheimer's disease — by studying how antibodies go inside brain cells to reduce levels of Alzheimer's-linked amyloid peptides that form plaques between neurons.