Alzheimers
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Genes probably do create a susceptability to Alzheimers as they do in all disease.
But scientists have suspected for a long time that Herpes plays a potentially decisive role in Alzhemiers. Other viruses are also being looked at closely.
Now it's easily possible that a common disease that kills 80 year olds could be entirely genetic. For obvious reasons natural selection has a hard time eliminating those types of genes. But in the case of Alzheimers it doesn't look like that's the case.
Pooka1
Genes probably do create a susceptability to Alzheimers as they do in all disease.
But scientists have suspected for a long time that Herpes plays a potentially decisive role in Alzhemiers. Other viruses are also being looked at closely.
The virus behind cold sores is a major cause of the insoluble protein plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease sufferers, University of Manchester researchers have revealed.
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