If you check out my tags, you will see that I have asserted that Alzheimers may involve an infection - AND that it was probably related to other diseases like diabetes and autism in this way, and in some failure of carbohydrate metabolism. Turns out that a recent SCIENCE FRIDAY reported this same theory, as bold and new - "A provocative new study suggests that infection may spur the buildup of amyloid-beta, and that Alzheimer's disease could be a toxic side effect."...
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