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#1 2008-07-18 12:02 am
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'Vaccine failure deepens Alzheimer's mystery'
LONDON - Some doctors have long suspected that if the plaque that builds up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease could be removed, they could be saved. But a new vaccine that did just that suggests the theory is wrong.
British researchers gave 64 patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease an experimental vaccine designed to eliminate plaque from their brains. Some patients were followed for up to six years.
Autopsies on seven patients who died of Alzheimer's during the study showed that nearly all of the sticky beta-amyloid protein thought to be dangerous had been removed. But all patients still had severe dementia.
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#2 2008-07-18 4:45 am
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Re: 'Vaccine failure deepens Alzheimer's mystery'
well, that sucks. maybe the damage is permanent past a certain point. they should try using patients in the very earliest stages 
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#3 2008-08-07 9:50 am
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Re: 'Vaccine failure deepens Alzheimer's mystery'
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/edit … :_Yyc:aUUJ
Alzheimer's more prevalent than previously thought. 
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#4 2008-08-11 3:15 pm
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Re: 'Vaccine failure deepens Alzheimer's mystery'
A new Alzheimer's drug "Dimebon" http://www.channel3000.com/health/17152284/detail.html
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