About the Authors

Polina Rabinovich-Toidman

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University,Tel-Aviv, Israel

Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University,Tel-Aviv, Israel

Assaf Ezra

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University,Tel-Aviv, Israel

Beka Barbiro

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University,Tel-Aviv, Israel

Hilla Fogel

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Inna Slutsky

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Beka Solomon

beka@post.tau.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University,Tel-Aviv, Israel

Competing Interests

The therapeutic approach described here is under a patent application (Methods and compositions with immune therapy for treatment of Dementia. PCT/US2014/26377). None of the authors hold any equity in NasVax Ltd, Israel. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS IS. Performed the experiments: PRT IRN AE BB HF. Analyzed the data: PRT IRN AE BB HF. Wrote the paper: PRT BS IS.