病毒会触发 Alzheimer's 病吗？
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病毒会触发 Alzheimer's 病吗？
一些科学家认为如此，并提出抗病毒药物是否可以治疗该疾病
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Mar 17th 2025
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在 2024 年夏天，几个科研团队发表了一个有趣的发现：与未接种疫苗的人相比，接种了带状疱疹疫苗的人患痴呆症的可能性更低。其中两篇论文来自 Stanford University 的 Pascal Geldsetzer 实验室。研究人员分析了英国和澳大利亚的医疗记录，得出结论，大约五分之一的痴呆症诊断可以通过原始的带状疱疹疫苗来避免，该疫苗包含活的 varicella-zoster 病毒。另有两项研究，一项由制药公司 GSK 进行，另一项由英国的一组学者进行，也报告称，一种更新的“重组”疫苗（比活疫苗更有效地预防带状疱疹）似乎对痴呆症提供了更大的保护。
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