Access

Published online 15 November 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021111-12

News

Cerebral hemorrhage after passive anti-AB immunotherapy

Immunization used in halted human trial may weaken blood vessels.

Immunizing mice against a condition akin to Alzheimer's disease makes their brains prone to bleeding, researchers have found1. This hints at why cerebral inflammation halted an experimental human vaccine trial early this year.

Comments

Reader comments are usually moderated after posting. If you find something offensive or inappropriate, you can speed this process by clicking 'Report this comment' (or, if that doesn't work for you, email webadmin@nature.com). For more controversial topics, we reserve the right to moderate before comments are published.

There are currently no comments.