Washington University School of Medicine researchers used antibodies on the brains of mice and they were able to get rid of the damaging deposits in the brain responsible for Alzheimer's. The deposits build up in the area needed for memory/cognition.
"We thought that clearing the plaques (deposits) would halt the progression of the damage. But what we saw was much more striking - in just three days there were 20 to 25% reductions in the number of six of the existing swellings" says the author.
Robert Brendza, who wrote the results, states more research is needed to see if this could help humans. So far, no cure has been discovered for Alzheimer's and it is suspected that abeta buildups cause it. Abeta is a glycoprotein.
