A
Vaccine for Alzheimer's Disease?
Mouse experiments have raised
hopes for a vaccine and treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
References:
Schenk, D., et al. 1999. Immunization with amyloid-b
attenuates Alzheimer-disease-like pathology in the PDAPP mouse. Nature
400(July 8):173.
St. George-Hyslop, P.H., and D.A. Westaway. 1999. Antibody clears
senile plaques. Nature 400(July 8):116.
Sources:
Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad
National Institute on Aging
Neuroscience & Neuropsychological Aging
Program Gateway Building, Suite 3C 307
7201 Wisconsin Ave. MSC 9205
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205
Sangram S. Sisodia
University of Chicago
Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences
Chicago, IL 60637
Peter H. St. George-Hyslop
University of Toronto
6 Queen's Park Crescent West
Tanz Neuroscience Building
Toronto, ON M5S 3H2
Canada
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 2, July 10, 1999, p. 20.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
