January 18, 2001

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Alzheimer's vaccine looks promising
Brain deterioration slowed by nose drops
Medical researchers have successfully treated Alzheimer's disease in mice by putting drops of vaccine in their noses. They think it will ultimately be possible to do the same with people.

Study says blacks, whites split on Clinton presidency
As President Clinton prepares to leave office, a new poll by Harvard University and University of Chicago researchers has found deep divisions in the ways African Americans and white Americans view his legacy.

An Alzheimer's vaccine with potential Dennis Selkoe (left), Howard Weiner, and their colleagues came up with the idea of fighting Alzheimer's disease with the same protein that causes the disease. The strategy works somewhat like polio vaccines that contain the virus itself. Full story

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