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Possible cause of long COVID ‘brain fog' revealed - study
BLUF:[Jerusalem Post] In the course of their research, scientists found that the neurological effects of long-COVID were strikingly similar to neurodegenerative diseases caused by cytotoxic aggregates on the brain. This is to say, they witnessed a buildup of protein fragments from the SARS-CoV-2 virus which formed clumps in the brain, similar to those found in patients with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's diseases. "If further studies are able to prove that the formation of these amyloids is causing long-COVID, then anti-amyloid drugs developed to treat Alzheimer’s might be used to treat some of the neurological symptoms of long-COVID." Dr. Mirren Charnley The study also showed that the clumps, in addition to being problematic by their presence, are highly toxic to brain cells. However, this grim prognosis may actually be a compass to point in the direction of a treatment plan. Dr. Mirren Charnley, a postdoctoral researcher at Swinburne explained that "if further studies are able to prove that the formation of these amyloids is causing long-COVID, then anti-amyloid drugs developed to treat Alzheimer’s might be used to treat some of the neurological symptoms of long-COVID." Posted by: Besoeker 2022-07-07 |
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