The Brain’s ‘Cleanup Crew’ Could Hold the Key to Alzheimer’s Treatment, Study Shows
A new study conducted by a team at Northwestern University suggests that the brain’s immune cells can be enhanced so that they remove amyloid beta plaques more effectively. Amyloid beta plaques are the toxic proteins that form sticky clumps leading to the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. This new discovery could trigger a revolution in the thinking behind current AD treatments and future varieties may benefit from the insights obtained from this study. Efforts have been undertaken to develop AD vaccines, but patients have serious immune responses to these drugs which can cause potentially life-threatening inflammation in the brain.…











