This is heartening news; if not a cure, at least it suggests a promising avenue for future research into this terrible condition.<p>This LiveScience[1] article is an easily read summary that also mentions a critique of the approach.<p>Given the unfortunate history[2][3] of falsified Korean scientific research, it would be prudent to withhold judgment until these results have been reproduced in other labs around the world.<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.livescience.com&#x2F;53019-epps-chemical-washes-away-alzheimers-plaque.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.livescience.com&#x2F;53019-epps-chemical-washes-away-a...</a><p>2. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;10&#x2F;27&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;27clone.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;10&#x2F;27&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;27clone.html?_r...</a><p>3. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;to-your-health&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;01&#x2F;researcher-who-spiked-rabbit-blood-to-fake-hiv-vaccine-results-slapped-with-rare-prison-sentence&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;to-your-health&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;0...</a>