Infections may be the cause Alzheimer’s?

According to recent studies Alzheimer’s may be caused by a fierce reaction that origins from infections.

“Could it be that Alzheimer’s disease stems from the toxic remnants of the brain’s attempt to fight off infection?

Provocative new research by a team of investigators at Harvard leads to this startling hypothesis, which could explain the origins of plaque, the mysterious hard little balls that pockmark the brains of people with Alzheimer’s.” Writes the New York Times, as new medical investigations have been tried that may explain the cause of one of the world’s most infamous diseases; Alzheimer’s. Experts have developed the idea that infections, even the most simple one’s, may cause a fierce reaction, leaving debris in the brain that may be the cause of Alzheimer’s. According to the New York Times, Harvard researchers have confirmed their hypothesis using “neurons growing in petri dishes as well as in yeast, roundworms, fruit flies and mice.” Even though scientists may have had a groundbreaking discovery that can change the face of medicine in the future and makes us closer to being able to cure people from this terrible disease, there is still much to be done such as experimenting on human brains and performing clinical trials.