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Comment by moloch-hai

This is the important insight. Beta amyloids, tau tangles, now angry immune cells. Maybe look into infections that provoke them all?

What we know is that certain vaccinations (Tdap, flu) predict a 40% reduced risk of dementia, and recent treatment with valacyclovir, a herpes treatment, similarly. And autopsies of Alzheimer's patients show brain infections.

What will all the amyloid biochemists do when that whole line of research is abandoned?

parent moloch-hai 3 years ago

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