More Evidence Bolsters the Oral Herpes and Alzheimer’s Link

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Key Takeaways

  • Oral herpes and Alzheimer’s disease appear to be linked

  • Herpes simplex virus 1 appears to promote greater amounts of tau protein in the brain

  • While at first protective, this tau can eventually become damaging tangles of protein related to Alzheimer’s

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