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A common childhood virus could be silently fueling Alzheimer’s disease in old age

The common cold sore virus, which is often caught in childhood, usually stays in the body for life – quietly dormant in the nerves. Now and then, things like stress, illness or injury can trigger it, ...
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Thirty years on, our research linking viral infections with Alzheimer’s is finally getting the attention it deserves

Professor Emeritus of Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Manchester and a Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Oxford The common cold sore virus, which is often caught in childhood, ...