Potatoes may hold key to Alzheimer's treatment
Date: 18.8.2008
A virus that commonly infects **potatoes** bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in **Alzheimer's disease** (AD), and researchers have used that to develop **antibodies** that may slow or prevent the onset of AD.
Studies in mice have demonstrated that **vaccinations** with the amyloid beta protein (believed to be a major AD contributor) to produce a/b antibodies can slow disease progression and improve cognitive function, possibly by promoting the destruction of amyloid plaques.
"EurekAlert!":[ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/asfb-pmh081508.php]
