ANTI-AMYLOID ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF AMYLOID DISEASES

摘要

The invention concerns antibodies to amyloid fibrillar and non-fibrillar polypeptides. The invention further concerns the use of such antibodies in diagnosis, treatment and/or prevention of amyloid diseases. The present invention also provides preparations and methods for preventing and treating, in a mammal, a disease characterized by amyloid formation and/or aggregation, preferably by promoting a non-fibrillar aggregation.