Bob F <
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This could be a BIG deal.
"If you bled when you brushed your teeth this morning, you might want to
get that seen to. We may finally have found the long-elusive cause of Alzheimer???s disease: Porphyromonas gingivalis, the key bacteria in
chronic gum disease.
Fascinating. Thank you for posting this.
Researchers are theorizing that the amyloid and tau protein accumulations
in the brain that have long been associated with Alzheimer's may actually
be forming as a response to the presence of Porphyromonas gingivalis rather than being themselves the source of the disease.
Much work to be done, including tracking down more details of how the
bacterium crosses the blood-brain barrier, but at long last we may have
found a cause, perhaps _the_ cause, of this devastating disease.
George
That???s bad, as gum disease affects around a third of all people. But the good news is that a drug that blocks the main toxins of P. gingivalis is entering major clinical trials this year, and research published today
shows it might stop and even reverse Alzheimer???s. There could even be a vaccine." https://www.newscientist.com/article/2191814-we-may-finally-know-what-causes-alzheimers-and-how-to-stop-it/
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