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Old 25-01-2019, 05:39 PM
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Multiple researchers find gum disease causes Alzheimer’s

In a story by Debora MacKenzie at New Scientist, multiple research teams
have found that Porphyromonas gingivalis, the key bacteria in gum
disease, is what causes Alzheimer’s.

Story here :-
https://www.newscientist.com/article...ow-to-stop-it/

BBC story :-
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46986709

Science :-
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019...ur-alzheimer-s

Paper "Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer’s disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors" by Dominy et. al.
published in Science Advances :-
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau3333
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