Study finds antibodies seem to stop Alzheimer's

Chron.com | Study finds antibodies seem to stop Alzheimer's: "Treatment with antibodies naturally produced in the body appears to halt the memory-robbing progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to promising early research that scientists plan to expand over the next year.

Scientists from Cornell University's medical school reported that...the antibodies — a treatment already in use for multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases — stopped or slightly reversed the disease in six of eight patients participating in an 18-month clinical trial.

On the basis of these early results, a larger Phase 2 trial with 24 patients already has begun.