Post by mhbruin on Feb 8, 2022 10:16:15 GMT -8
It's easy to get too excited about early research, but this would be pretty incredible:
"Researchers from Tel Aviv University are working on a nasal two-in-one vaccine that could protect against both Alzheimer’s disease and stroke. The proposed vaccine appears to repair vascular damage in the brain by rounding up “troops” from the body’s own immune system.
"According to an article soon to appear in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, the vaccine not only has a preventative function but could also help fight Alzheimer’s symptoms that are already present.
"This breakthrough is of extraordinary interest to American pharmaceutical makers, given that one in eight Americans will develop Alzheimer’s disease – and its related devastating memory loss — at some point in life. And because Alzheimer’s is often associated with vascular damage in the brain, many patients are also at great risk of a potentially fatal stroke.
An Alzheimer’s vaccine in a nasal spray?
"Researchers from Tel Aviv University are working on a nasal two-in-one vaccine that could protect against both Alzheimer’s disease and stroke. The proposed vaccine appears to repair vascular damage in the brain by rounding up “troops” from the body’s own immune system.
"According to an article soon to appear in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, the vaccine not only has a preventative function but could also help fight Alzheimer’s symptoms that are already present.
"This breakthrough is of extraordinary interest to American pharmaceutical makers, given that one in eight Americans will develop Alzheimer’s disease – and its related devastating memory loss — at some point in life. And because Alzheimer’s is often associated with vascular damage in the brain, many patients are also at great risk of a potentially fatal stroke.
An Alzheimer’s vaccine in a nasal spray?