Mice with a rodent equivalent of the disease showed a 50 per cent reduction in levels of amyloid protein in their brains after the scientists added caffeine to their drinking water.
Doctors are also beginning to use new technology to detect amyloid, a plaque-causing protein that can lead to Alzheimer's disease.
博士们正在用新的技术来检测淀粉样蛋白，它是一个可以引起斑块的蛋白导致阿尔茨海默病。
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Results from a new laboratory study, published earlier this month, suggest it may also slow the formation of the amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease.