Have Scientists Misunderstood Alzheimer’s For the Last 30 Years?

Can Alzheimer’s stem from a simple bacterial or viral infection?

A controversial, new study may turn our understanding of Alzheimer’s upside down.

It is a well known fact that because of ageing, people with Alzheimer’s have plaque throughout their brain. The buildup of plaque eventually blocks the brain signals which leads to loss of memory.

But what if that plaque was a result of an infection from fruit flies, worms or yeast? What if simple bacterial or fungal infections were responsible for the disease?

From over three decades, scientists have been fixated with the idea that plaque build-up in the brain is the reason behind Alzheimer’s, so no one really bothered to ask, ‘what if something else was going on besides ageing?’.

Our only complaint, why didn’t anyone think of the crucial ‘what if’ before?