Researchers discover fungus in Alzheimer鈥檚 sufferers
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Traces of fungus have been discovered in the brains of Alzheimer鈥檚 sufferers, relaunching the question: might the disease be caused by an infectious microbe?
There is no conclusive evidence, but if the answer turns out to be 鈥測es,鈥 it means Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease (AD) may be targeted with antifungal treatment, a Spanish team reported in the journal Scientific Reports.
鈥淭he possibility that AD is a fungal disease, or that fungal infection is a risk factor for the disease, opens new perspectives for effective therapy for these patients,鈥 they wrote.
The five-member team had found cells and other material from 鈥渟everal fungal species鈥 in the brain tissue and blood vessels of all 11 deceased Alzheimer鈥檚 patients analyzed, but not in 10 Alzheimer鈥檚-free controls. The findings are published just a month after scientists warned in the sister journal Nature of a risk of accidental surgical transmission of Alzheimer鈥檚 鈥渟eeds鈥 from one person to another.
Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease is the most common form of dementia, which the World Health Organization says affects nearly 50 million people worldwide.
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