2 leading Alzheimer's researchers die on the same

2 leading Alzheimer's researchers die on the same day. Here's an excerpt from Dr. Dale Schenk's obituary -- he is the one who devised the "immune system" theory which has thus far worked great in mice but not in humans. And they mention the theory that I believe, that the amyloid plaques are a symptom, not a cause.

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the mouse vaccine did not live up to its promise. In humans, a trial had to be stopped because several patients developed brain inflammation. Later, autopsies showed that amyloid deposits had cleared up in people who got the vaccine — but they had still declined mentally.

There have been other disappointments, but Nature reported last month that an immune-based treatment had reduced amyloid and seemed to slow patients’ mental decline. It was the first encouraging news in a long time.

“Any success the field has in this regard will be part of Dale Schenk’s lasting legacy,” Dr. Reiman said.

Dr. Schenk died on the same day as another prominent Alzheimer’s researcher, Dr. Allen Roses, who had a very different point of view regarding the cause of the disease. Dr. Roses, long affiliated with Duke University, was an outspoken skeptic of the amyloid theory and believed that deposits of the protein in patients’ brains were a symptom rather than a cause of Alzheimer’s.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/science/dal...9&_r=0