A new implantable capsule may provide a novel way of tackling Alzheimer’s disease, preventing the buildup of harmful protein plaques in the brain. The small device, developed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), has been successfully tested on laboratory mice.
The capsule tackles the disease by targeting Abeta proteins, also known as amyloid beta, which build up and form toxic plaques in the brain. One way of dealing with the plaques is to “tag” the harmful protein cells, instructing the immune system to attack them and, ideally, preventing the plaques from building up in the first place.
via Gizmag
