Tuesday, 31 December 2019

I'm testing an experimental drug to see if it halts Alzheimer's

I'm testing an experimental drug to see if it halts Alzheimer's

In January, we broke the news that we may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s disease. For decades, it had been thought that the condition is caused by a protein called beta-amyloid going awry in the brain. But in 2019, evidence pointed the finger elsewhere: at Porphyromonas gingivalis, a type of bacteria involved in gum disease.
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432613-800-im-testing-an-experimental-drug-to-see-if-it-halts-alzheimers/?source=Snapzu

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