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Nature Medicine  8, 1195 - 1196 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm1102-1195

New hope for Alzheimer disease vaccine

Christian Haass

Adolf-Butenandt Institute, Department of Biochemistry Laboratory for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Research Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany chaass@pbm.med.uni-muenchen.de

Clinical trials of a vaccine against Alzheimer disease came to an abrupt halt this year when several patients developed inflammation in the brain. Now, the first data from the trial and a mouse study brighten the outlook for this spectacular and simple treatment approach (pages 1263−1269 and 1270−1275).

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