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Missing from this: all the research that points to a substantial link between the virus (HSV1 specifically) and Alzheimer's in some subgroups (notably the ApoE
by eganist 8y ago
Missing from this: all the research that points to a substantial link between the virus (HSV1 specifically) and Alzheimer's in some subgroups (notably the ApoE 4 group). Selected opinions and studies from the most basic of google scholar searches:
https://www.j-alz.com/editors-blog/posts/case-viral-role-alzheimers-disease https://www.j-alz.com/editors-blog/posts/case-viral-role-alz...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019841/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00202/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2014.0020...
But HSV1 is also the most commonly transmitted form, so... shrug. Unless there's a viable cure for it, nothing any of us can do.