Potatoes May Hold Key To Alzheimer's Treatment
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 17:21
in Health & Medicine
A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimer's disease, and researchers have used that to develop antibodies that may slow or prevent the onset of AD.
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