Brain destroying toxin caused by untreated oral infections
Gum Disease Bacteria Found in Alzheimer's Brains
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Gum disease bacteria may play a role in Alzheimer's disease, researchers say.
They studied dead and living patients with diagnosed and suspected Alzheimer's and found bacteria associated with chronic gum disease in the brains of people with Alzheimer's, BBC News reported.
Tests on mice confirmed the bacteria, Porphyromonas gingivalis could migrate from the mouth to the brain and that a toxic protein they secrete (gingipain) destroyed brain neurons. Continue reading
