“Nasal spray clears Alzheimer’s brain plaques: The treatment cleared over most of the plaques from the brains of affected mice – the technique will be tested in humans in 2006.” (New Scientist)
The spray comprises “glatiramer acetate (Copaxone), an approved MS drug that acts as a decoy for errant immune-system attacks, and Protollin, an adjuvant that stimulates innate immunity”. In essence, as I understand it, it provokes an immune response in the brain and endeavors to protect normal brain tissue from that response, so that only the amyloid plaques are scavenged.
