Herpes Update—Virus Increases Dementia Risk in Sweden
Epidemiology study reveals 1.5-times higher risk of dementia after herpes virus infection. Short-term antiviral treatment appears to lower risk.
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Massive GWAS Meta-Analysis Digs Up Trove of Alzheimer’s Genes
Researchers unearthed 75 risk loci, 42 of them new, and nominated candidate genes for each. A polygenic risk score based on all variants predicted AD risk with high accuracy.
Alzheimer’s Field Loses Fred van Leeuwen, 71
Van Leeuwen was best known for finding frameshift mutations in APP and ubiquitin B in the brains of people with tauopathies.
Would ApoE Make a Better Therapeutic Target Than Aβ?
In mice, an anti-ApoE antibody removed plaques from the brain’s parenchyma and blood vessels better than aducanumab. Importantly, it caused no microhemorrhages.
ALZgerm Challenge–No Winner, But Small Prizes to 8 Scientists
Researchers split $200,000 for their theories on the role of six microbes—one virus, four bacteria, and one parasite—in Alzheimer’s.
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