Alzheimer’s Vaccine Clears Plaque But Has Little Effect On Learning And Memory Impairment

A promising vaccine being tested for Alzheimer’s disease does what it is designed to do - clear beta-amyloid plaques from the brain - but it does not seem to help restore lost learning and memory abilities, according to a University of California, Irvine study.The findings suggest that treating the predominant pathology of Alzheimer’s disease - beta-amyloid plaques - by itself may have only limited clinical benefit if started after there is significant plaque growth.

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