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Re:Breakthrough ultrasound treatment to reverse dementia mov... by kup0 on Thursday December 20, 2018 @08:42AM (#18724768)
The information around Alzheimers seems to be heading the direction that the beta-amyloid plaques are an immune response to the HSV1 herpes virus that help prevent the spread of the virus.[1]

I suppose it can't be ruled out yet that this immune response could still cause damage, but it does make me wonder if the plaques are actually responsible at all for the symptoms seen, since like you said, other drugs reduce the plaques with no improvement in symptoms.

It's interesting that this treatment seems to work when others do not- when they seem to be accomplishing the same thing (reduction of beta-amyloid plaques)

[1] http://www.virology.ws/2018/11/08/herpes-simplex-virus-and-a...

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Re:Breakthrough ultrasound treatment to reverse dementia mov... by WhompingWindows on Thursday December 20, 2018 @09:38AM (#18725211)
Your claim is far too strong, that is merely one theory, evidenced by a posted link from/by/for virologists. There is not a field-wide consensus to support that by any stretch.
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Re:Breakthrough ultrasound treatment to reverse dementia mov... by kup0 on Thursday December 20, 2018 @10:01AM (#18725415)
I don't think I made any strong claims myself? I guess "Seems to be heading the direction" implied too much of a consensus? The fact that antiviral drugs helped- does seem to lend a good amount of credence to the theory though?

I've just seen the theory come up a number of times, from a number of locations, in the past few months, so that gave me an impression that it was gaining ground.

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