Alzheimer's cold sore virus link

[Guest guest]

I saw this headline going across the top of the BBC webpage and knew it had

to be about a vaccine

Never looking at 'why' this virus might be there

Why the immune system is compromised.

Sheri

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7071576.stm

Alzheimer's cold sore virus link

Evidence is building that the cold sore virus may be linked to Alzheimer's

disease, an expert says.

In lab tests, Manchester University found brains infected with the herpes

simplex virus, HSV-1, saw a rise in a protein linked to Alzheimer's.

Scientists believe the discovery could pave the way for a vaccine that may

help prevent the brain disorder, New Scientist magazine reported.

But such a breakthrough was a long-time off, experts said.

The researchers infected cultures of human brain cells with the virus and

found a " dramatic " increase in levels of the beta amyloid protein - the

building blocks of deposits, or plaques, which form in the brains of people

with Alzheimer's.

A similar increase was seen in the brains of mice infected with HSV-1.

In a separate experiment, the team stained brain slices taken from dead

Alzheimer's patients and found DNA from HSV-1 attached to the plaques.

Gene interaction

Previous research has established that HSV-1 is found in the brains of up

to 70% of people with Alzheimer's.

And a team from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York

found that it was more likely to cause a problem in people who carry a

mutant version of a specific gene called ApoE4, which is involved in the

breakdown of fats by the body.

They found the vast majority of Alzheimer's patients they examined carried

the gene - and suspect that it works to make HSV-1 more active.

Scientists have still to establish a direct link between the virus and the

disease, but the Manchester team believe the findings offer hope for the

future.

Lead researcher Dr Ruth Itzhaki said: " Alzheimer's is a multi-factorial

disease, there are many different causes.

" But our work implies that for some a mixture of the gene variant and the

virus could be contributing to it.

" In the future - although it is a long way off - people could even be

immunised against the virus which could help protect people against

Alzheimer's. "

" We need to carry out much more work into this, but the problem is people

are quite sceptical of a viral link. "

Professor Clive Ballard, director of research at the Alzheimer's Society,

said: " A link between the virus and Alzheimer's disease was first suggested

ten years ago. "

But he added: " More research is needed before we can establish how relevant

it may be to the treatment of people with Alzheimer's disease. "

Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/7071576.stm

Published: 2007/11/01 00:25:07 GMT

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Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

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November

[Guest guest]

HHV6 is linked to autism. How do they think that a vaccine would stave off

herpes? I have suspected for a long time that the herpes viruses could be a

piggy back virus in vaccines. All babies get Roseola though it is considered a

mild illness in most.

C.

[Guest guest]

My daughter exhibits abnormally high titers for measles, rubella and herpes...

and is a

severe gut kid.

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> HHV6 is linked to autism. How do they think that a vaccine would stave off

herpes? I

have suspected for a long time that the herpes viruses could be a piggy back

virus in

vaccines. All babies get Roseola though it is considered a mild illness in

most.

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> C.

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