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First human trial of Alzheimer's disease nasal vaccine to begin at Boston hospital
CBS News ^ | 16 November 2021 | SOPHIE REARDON

Posted on 11/17/2021 12:53:16 AM PST by blueplum

Brigham and Women's Hospital will test the safety and efficacy of a nasal vaccine aimed at preventing and slowing Alzheimer's disease, the Boston hospital announced Tuesday. The start of the small, Phase I clinical trial comes after nearly 20 years of research led by Howard L. Weiner, MD, co-director of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at the hospital.

The trial will include 16 participants between the ages of 60 and 85, all with early symptomatic Alzheimer's but otherwise generally healthy. They will receive two doses of the vaccine one week apart, the hospital said in a press release. The participants will enroll from the Ann Romney Center...

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; alzheimerstreatment; bostonu; vaccines

1 posted on 11/17/2021 12:53:16 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Very exciting!


2 posted on 11/17/2021 1:33:26 AM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: blueplum

the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases
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Hmmmmmmmmmm


3 posted on 11/17/2021 1:59:14 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

Given what this is all about I wouldn’t care if it was called the Karl Marx Center.


4 posted on 11/17/2021 2:40:46 AM PST by Artemis Webb (Be kind to each other, unless the other guy is a dumbass.)
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5 posted on 11/17/2021 7:58:08 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=40%>)
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6 posted on 11/17/2021 8:03:45 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=40%>)
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https://www.boston.com/news/health/2021/11/16/vaccine-trial-alzheimers-disease-brigham-womens-hospital/


7 posted on 11/17/2021 8:18:52 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=40%>)
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