New vaccine against Alzheimer's disease

British scientists are studying a vaccine that works to find and destroy tau proteins in people with Alzheimer's, helping the disease to stop progressing.

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While most Alzheimer's treatments focus only on symptoms, a group of scientists from the British Institute for Aging Care (RICE) has developed new vaccines that can control the disease from the side. in, Science Times reported. Accordingly, the vaccine will attack tau proteins found in nerve fibers, causing them to be destroyed or weakened to prevent progression.

RICE director Roy Jones said the work opened a new direction in approaching Alzheimer's. Vaccines are currently in clinical trials in the UK and Finland. In addition, RICE considers studying a vaccine against amyloid plaques, a protein found in Alzheimer's patients' brains.

The head of the Alzheimer's Association, Dr. James Pickett, admits even if the vaccine is successful, it will take several years to verify whether it really improves the lives of patients. However, he asserted that similar works are necessary in the context of "the population gets older and there is not any dementia cure released for more than 10 years".