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Published online 22 May 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030519-7

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Hope for Alzheimer's vaccine

Hints emerge that doomed jab did some good.

A controversial vaccine may stall Alzheimer's disease, despite having serious side-effects, new research suggests. The study revives optimism that a tweaked version of the shot could reach the clinic.

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