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There's a novel theory that herpes is the culprit for a significant number of Alzheimer's patients.

This line of thought was originally discounted, under the (mistaken) belief that the blood/brain barrier made this impossible.

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(I'm not an expert) Isn't this evidence correlated to the presence of beta-amyloid in the brain and the increased time required to clean them with herpes? As far as I read it, the evidence that beta-amyloid are a cause and not the consequence of Alz is not there. Also, I think that making such a statement for institutions needs solids theory, because it could effect a major part of population

What's the evidence?

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