Japanese Alzheimer’s Vaccine Works
A vaccine against Alzheimer’s has been proven to work in mice, Japanese researchers have announced. The team that developed the vaccine, lead by Takeshi Tabira, will be moving into small human trials perhaps as early as this year.
Takeshi said: “We hope the Phase I trials go well. Animals are able to recover their functions after developing symptoms, but humans are less able to do so. It may be that this only works in the early stages of the disease, when symptoms are light.”
The vaccine reduced the amount of amyloid plaques found in the alzheimer’s sufferer’s brain. These plaques are the roots of the disease. 28 mice were genetically modified to develop Alzheimer’s.
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How’s your brain holding out? Better than most? A little short of change upstairs?
If the latter describes you, you’re not alone. Presently over 1.7 million of Japan’s 65+ population suffers from dementia. By the year 2015, as the bulk of Baby Boomers here surpass 65, the number of senile people is expected to soar to 2.5 million.
Since 2003, the sale of brain-training materials has been on a steady increase. Books and computer games offering mental training exercises have become popular among the middle-aged and senior citizens.
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