Contracting a common virus may play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study has found.
The study of the brains of older adults found an association between patients’ immune responses to cytomegalovirus (CMV) and signs of Alzheimer’s disease. “More studies are still needed to understand how an active CMV infection might be related to this most common form of dementia,” said study researcher Dr Julie Schneider, of the Rush University Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago.
A cure? Faster Please.
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