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by shandor 653 days ago
> It also explains why acyclovir and valacyclovir dramatically reduces the risk of developing dementia.

Sounds fascinating, where could one read more about this? I don’t think I’ve come across this before.

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Here's a couple of studies.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7882534/

[2] https://alzres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13195-021...

And here's a clinical trial that's been running since 2018, scheduled for conclusion at EOY 2024.

[3] https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03282916

This is a very in-depth hypothesis paper that explains more.

[4] https://core.ac.uk/download/544294788.pdf