Alzheimer's Research Pinpoints Antibodies That May Prevent Disease

Monday, July 6, 2009 - 22:28 in Health & Medicine

Antibodies to a wide range of substances that can aggregate to form plaques, such as those found in Alzheimer's patients, have been identified in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of healthy people. Levels of these antibodies decline with age and, in Alzheimer's patients, with increasing progression of the disease.

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