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Researchers identify antibody that removes amyloid plaques without the risk of brain bleeds – News-Medical.Net
As people age, a normal brain protein known as amyloid beta often starts to collect into harmful amyloid plaques in the brain. Such plaques can be the first step…
As people age, a normal brain protein known as amyloid beta often starts to collect into harmful amyloid plaques in the brain. Such plaques can be the first step on the path to Alzheimer’s dementia. When they form around blood vessels in the brain, a condition known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy, the plaques also raise the risk of strokes.
Several antibodies that target amyloid plaques have been studied as experimental treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Such antibodies also may have the potential…
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