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Skeptix_907 t1_j5pnebo wrote

I remember reading a hypothesis by a researcher a while back that stated that tau and beta-amyloid aren't causes of Alzheimer's at all, but rather evidence that the brain was fighting an infection. In other words, they were leftovers of the brain's glial immune system.

I think more evidence is pointing that he was right.

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Freedomartin t1_j5s4ifn wrote

Oh, was this not proven yet?? I honestly thought this was agreed upon xD

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Skeptix_907 t1_j5sapbg wrote

In a strict sense, you don't "prove" things in science. You can only support them or disprove them.

>I honestly thought this was agreed upon

I don't have any idea why you'd think that, since the research into the connection between infections and dementia is extremely new. The vast majority of the researchers who do this work, as far as I know, still subscribe to the amyloid/tau hypothesis.

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