A futuristic vaccine to prevent Alzheimer’s disease is in the works right here in Southern California. And it won’t even involve needles.
Researcher Michael Agadjanyan at the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Huntington Beach, along with David Sultzer from UCI MIND and Lon Schneider from USC, received a $12 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to support clinical trials aiming to keep “the long goodbye” at bay.
Six sites across the nation are hosting the Phase 1 trial that they designed, including the Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute in Newport Beach. The vaccine and its monthly booster will be administered to people early in the
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