The director of a research institute in Japan, according to Reuters on MSN.com, has reported that Japanese scientists have developed an oral vaccine for Alzheimer’s that has been proven effective and safe in mice.

My question is, how does one know exactly that a mouse has Alzheimer’s? Does it wander around aimlessly trying to find its mouse hole? Start holding conversations with mouse traps thinking they look very much like their bosses? I’m sure that the symptoms are much more sophisticated. Besides, there is a control group on the other side of the lab cracking their little mice-selves up at their buddies ping-ponging around the mazes.

Seriously, I pray this is a breakthrough.  Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease, one that requires so many families to grieve the loss of their loved ones while still caring for them.

So, let’s cheer on the mice and the scientists.