Gerald S. Weinstein, MD
Gerald S. Weinstein, MD
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Study Advances Mechanistic Insight into Tuberculosis Vaccine's Link to Reduced Dementia Risk

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a vaccine widely used to prevent tuberculosis and treat bladder cancer may also have properties that reduce the risk for dementia, according to new findings in a study of mice. BCG is a live, weakened vaccine made from an altered strain of the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. The findings from this study, which was led by a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers and funded by the National Institutes of Health, published today in Science Advances.

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