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The Associated Press Health & Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. “The brain was always thought to be a sterile place. We still have to work out the microbe side of the story,” said Tanzi, who is looking for bacteria and other bugs in what’s called the Brain Microbiome Project. “The Mount Sinai paper tells us the viral side of the story. Still, he doesn’t think viruses are the only suspects. It may not even have penetrated the brain.īut in another study soon to be published, Tanzi showed biologically how both HHV6 and a cold sore-causing herpes virus can trigger or “seed” amyloid plaque formation, supporting the Mount Sinai findings. Just having a herpes virus “does not mean you’re going to get Alzheimer’s,” Mass General’s Tanzi stressed. Already, NIH is funding a first-step study to see if an antiviral drug benefits people who have both mild Alzheimer’s and different herpes viruses. Miroslaw Mackiewicz of NIH’s National Institute on Aging. If the findings pan out, they could change how scientists look for new ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s, said Dr. He said the research makes a viral connection much more plausible but cautioned that the study won’t affect how today’s patients are treated.

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