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Amyloid Proteins Are Target for New Alzheimer’s Vaccine Georgia Health Sciences University graduate student Scott Webster says that targeting the amyloid protein and its pathways could lead to the development of a new type of vaccine against Alzheimer's. The disease, a neurodegenerative form of dementia, is incurable and fatal over time. It first acts by reducing ... 27 September 2011 02:52 GMT Alzheimer's Protein Reveals Its Secrets A wide range of new treatment options may soon become available for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease, thanks to a new investigation conducted in the United Kingdom. Researchers finally managed to figure out the actions of a protein that has long since been linked with the condition. The toxic protein, c... 28 March 2011 08:15 GMT Feces-Eating Cheetahs Can Become Demented We know that eating one's poop is very unhealthy. What we do not know instead is whether cheetahs are aware of this, but they can die if they take up this "practice", as signaled by a new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In fact, they catch a disease similar to the mad c... 14 May 2008 02:31 GMT