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Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by narrator on Sunday October 21, 2018 @06:02AM (#18267360)
This is probably why methylene blue works so well to treat it.

See http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3181/00379727-161-405... and http://taurx.com/phase-3.html

Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by pflanze on Sunday October 21, 2018 @02:11PM (#18269269)
Hmm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylene_blue#Alzheimer%27s :

A Phase 3 clinical trial of LMTM (TauRx0237 or LMT-X), a derivative of methylene blue, failed to show any benefit against cognitive or functional decline in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Disease progression for both the drug and the placebo were practically identical.

Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by narrator on Sunday October 21, 2018 @05:40PM (#18270461)
That was news about the 2016 trial. It did significantly better as a monotherapy in the latest trial in 2017[1].

[1] https://content.iospress.com/download/journal-of-alzheimers-... (pdf)

Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by adaptiveValleys on Sunday October 21, 2018 @07:47AM (#18267597)
Very interesting. I was able to find the patent, but not the whole paper. Seems to suffice as a substitute.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US4181128

Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by shittyadmin on Sunday October 21, 2018 @09:28AM (#18267866)
If you want the full paper just paste the DOI into a certain hub of science.

10.3181/00379727-161-40521

Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by Faaak on Sunday October 21, 2018 @01:27PM (#18269019)
PS: sci-hub: https://sci-hub.tw/
Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by gameswithgo on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:16AM (#18268413)
they seem to be describing some protocol also involving light? I assume you can't just drink the stuff?
Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by Tharkun on Sunday October 21, 2018 @01:05PM (#18268891)
I'm pretty confident my 'home chemistry set' included something by that name back in the late 80s. One of the experiments I remember is drinking some of it in order to render my pee blue.
Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by gameswithgo on Sunday October 21, 2018 @01:22PM (#18268986)
have you acquired super powers, and or become an evil villain since?
Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by Tharkun on Sunday October 21, 2018 @01:49PM (#18269152)
Some people would probably claim the latter. The blue pee was temporary, and mildly disappointing from what I remember. But I'm assuming it's reasonably safe if it's included in chemistry sets...then again, mine also had mercury in it..
Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by jakobegger on Sunday October 21, 2018 @03:01PM (#18269532)
So the chemistry set encouraged consuming some of the chemicals and also contained mercury? How times have changed...
Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by colechristensen on Sunday October 21, 2018 @12:05PM (#18268658)
Methylene blue is an FDA approved drug, it is injected I understand.
Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by user812 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @06:48AM (#18267456)
Thanks for your comment.

Some/Many HN commentators love what one could call the collective helplessness associated with authoritarian scientism and materialism - the idea that we are thrown into a ruthless and cold universe where life has emerged out of random and no easy solutions exist but instead only costly manipulation of small particles like genes and other molecules may safe us, but only in a distant future that we will probably never reach. Only persons of authority associated with the institutions in power may guide us to the holy land.

Due to that philosophy there are many comments discrediting possible solutions.

Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by grenoire on Sunday October 21, 2018 @07:18AM (#18267532)
What... are you?
Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by user812 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @07:29AM (#18267560)
What does that question mean?