Earlier work done by her team has shown that, in mice at least, the herpes infection of nerve cells induces accumulation of beta amyloid, the main component of amyloid plaques.

她的团队已经在早期做了大量的工作，至少在小鼠中，疱疹病毒感染的神经细胞导致了beta-淀粉的沉积，而这是淀粉样蛋白斑块的主要成分。

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Beta (in the form of beta-amyloid plaques) and tau (in the form of tau tangles) are the physical manifestations of Alzheimer's.

贝塔(以贝塔-淀粉样斑块的形式)和陶(以陶蛋白缠结的形式)是痴呆症的物质表征。

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People with the disease get plaques in their brains made up of a small protein called amyloid-beta, which clumps together and disrupts brain signals.

得了这种病的人大脑里面的血小板形成一种叫做淀粉样蛋白的蛋白质，这种蛋白质聚集在一起打乱了大脑发出的信号。

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As expected, the vaccine created antibodies that prevented beta amyloid plaques from forming.

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Beta amyloid forms sticky plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and many scientists suspect that slowing plaque formation could slow the disease.

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One large area of research is in plaques of beta amyloid which form on the brain.

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