“Could Alzheimer’s Be a Reaction to Infection,” by Kenneth Shinozuka and Dhruva Gupta on March 13, 2019”

Could Alzheimer’s Be a Reaction to Infection,” by Kenneth Shinozuka and Dhruva Gupta on March 13, 2019, Scientific American

“Last year, a study involving over 34,000 Taiwanese patients found that people who were infected with HSV-1 were 2.56 times more likely to get dementia, but that undergoing treatment for HSV-1 lowered their risk of Alzheimer’s by over 80 percent. Perhaps if researchers seriously consider the role of pathogens and examine their interactions with amyloid beta as well as the role of blood-brain barrier more carefully, then we will finally be able to overcome our current impasse in finding a cure.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

The cause, and hence the cure, for Alzheimer’s Disease is more complicated than researchers contemplated heretofore.