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Human trials on dementia vaccine to begin in the next 18 to 24 months

If successful, will be the breakthrough of the decade, researchers say

31-Dec-2019

Key points from article :

Vaccines genetically programmed to prevent and cure dementia and Alzheimer's.

It will unblock the pipes and let the brain go back to normal.

Designed to be both a prophylactic and a therapeutic.

Mice testing completed successfully, memory loss prevented.

Human trials to take place in Australia and US.

Research by US Institute for Molecular Medicine and University of California.

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Flinders University

Public University in Adelaide, South Australia

Institute for Molecular Medicine (IMMED)

Organization for research in Molecular Medicine

Maree McCabe

Chief Executive Officer of Dementia Australia

Nikolai Petrovsky

Professor of Medicine at Flinders University

University of California

Public research university with 10 campuses and 5 medical centres

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Mental Health