Mouse Model Reveals Promising Therapeutic Approach For Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. In Germany and Switzerland alone, around 1.5 million people are affected, and forecasts predict a doubling of the number of patients worldwide within the next 20 years. The accumulation of particular abnormal proteins, including amyloid-beta among others, in patients' brains plays a central role in this disease. Prof. Frank Heppner from the Department of Neuropathology at Charite and his colleague Prof...

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