Many specialists in Alzheimer’s disease are inclined to think that certain herpes-like viruses could be responsible for this disease neurodegenerative. Analyzes of the brain tissue of patients who died of Alzheimer’s disease have indeed shown greater traces of certain forms of the 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 the treatment against herpes to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Based on the findings of a Taiwanese study that followed the development of Alzheimer’s disease in 8,400 patients over the age of 50 with herpes, these two researchers, Professors Ruth Itzhaki from Manchester and Richard Lathe from Edinburgh, declare in the Journal of Alzheimer’s disease: “We believe that safe and easily available antivirals can have an important role to play in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. One can even imagine the future possibility of preventing the neurodegenerative disease thanks to the herpes vaccine that we would integrate into the vaccination schedule”.
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