File This Under "H**y F***king S**t!"
Alzheimer's vaccine works on mice
"Japanese scientists have developed an oral vaccine for Alzheimer's disease that has proven effective and safe in mice, the director of a research institute behind the project said on Thursday . . . When administered to mice suffering from the disease, which causes dementia and is currently incurable, the vaccine reduced the amount of amyloid plaques in the brain and improved mental function."
This is the kind of thing that gets me excited about science, technology and the potential of the human race.
Now, if we could just take our minds off of blowing each other up for the next century or so, we could see some real progress, because, really, what's the point of curing Alzheimer's if the more deadly derangements are left unchecked?