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Alzheimer's can be actively prevented via aggressive treatment of latent herpes infections; and regular vaccinations as diverse as flu and Tdap through still po
by pencilguin 4y ago
Alzheimer's can be actively prevented via aggressive treatment of latent herpes infections; and regular vaccinations as diverse as flu and Tdap through still poorly-understood mechanisms.
But almost all of annual $2B grants still go to stalling amylose and tau in custom-bred mice.
- vibrio 4y agoCan you provide a reference?
- metiscus 4y agoI'm not supporting OP claims exactly but there does seem to be an apparent benefit in treating herpes with antivirals to reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's. There have been a few studies and this article gives a good rundown of those although it is a few years old and there have been even more studies since. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-are-cold-sores-and-dementia-related https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-are-cold-sores-an... Also the claims about common vaccines appear to be somewhat supported in literature. Here is a summary article https://www.alzforum.org/news/conference-coverage/could-common-vaccines-protect-against-alzheimers-disease https://www.alzforum.org/news/conference-coverage/could-comm...
- pencilguin 4y agoEffect size 40% observed in cohorts of 46k and 18k patients followed over 6 years.