A new study claims that two common viruses trigger Alzheimer's - Interesting Engineering

An experiment on model brains added more evidence to the hypothesis that the viruses responsible for chickenpox and herpes can team up to cause Alzheimer's disease.

The exact role of these two proteins in Alzheimer's disease is still being debated, with drugs targeting plaque formation falling short of expectations. The fact that they are a feature of the condit… [+1866 chars]

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