Many specialists in Alzheimer’s disease are inclined to think that certain herpes-type viruses could be responsible for this disease neurodegenerative. Analyzes of brain tissue from patients who died of Alzheimer’s disease have indeed shown greater traces of certain forms of the disease. herpes virus than in people without Alzheimer’s.
It is therefore not surprising that scientists from the universities of Manchester and Edinburgh (Great Britain) support the thesis of treatment against herpes to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Based on the findings of a Taiwanese study that tracked the development of Alzheimer’s disease in 8,400 herpes patients over the age of 50, the two researchers, Prof. Ruth Itzhaki of Manchester and Richard Lathe of Edinburgh, state in the Journal of Alzheimer’s disease: “We believe that safe and readily available antivirals may have an important role to play in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. We can even imagine the future possibility of preventing neurodegenerative disease with the herpes vaccine that we are now using. would integrate into the vaccination schedule “.
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