Do Viruses Trigger Alzheimer's?

Re:Do Viruses Trigger Alzheimer's? by tim333 on Sunday March 23, 2025 @08:26AM (#43452453)

I think the link has shown up in the statistics for a long time. The article mentions Ruth Itzhaki being on it for 40 years. But things seem delayed by something along the lines of politics/corruption, or by the complexity of the situation with HSV1 not being the only cause. It can become a mess https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/opinion/alzheimers-fraud-...

I'm hoping that AI helps sort this stuff out. It can read the papers and say hypothesis A is most likely even if professor Y had built an empire on it being hypothesis B.

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Re:Do Viruses Trigger Alzheimer's? by giantg2 on Sunday March 23, 2025 @09:19AM (#43452729)

HSV1 is estimated to affect more than 80% of the population, but less than 80% have dementia. This seems to imply there are other factors at play. Maybe it requires other factors like genetics or immune issues for it to progress.

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Re:Do Viruses Trigger Alzheimer's? by amanaplanacanal on Sunday March 23, 2025 @10:44AM (#43453252)

I can't point to a citation but I'm sure I've seen it hypothesized that it requires both the infection, then some sort of injury to allow the virus to cross the blood brain barrier.

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Re:Do Viruses Trigger Alzheimer's? by giantg2 on Monday March 24, 2025 @03:44PM (#43464705)

Or maybe they come through with the microplastics.

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