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NAPLES, Fla., June 19, 2019 / PRNewswire / – Half a Million Dollars Allocated for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Research Recently Announced by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation, along with Millions of Grant Dollars " high priorities "now offered by the National Institute on Aging to study infectious agents in AD are a" welcome affirmation "of the need to deepen the role that germs may play in triggering AD, says Leslie Norins, MD, PhD, CEO of Alzheimer's Germ Quest, Inc.
"This new funding from these two authorities will help address a serious shortage of research grants to track many promising avenues for viruses, bacteria and other pathogens to be involved in AD," said the Minister. Dr. Norins. He urges scientists with microbiological skills to apply.
Strangely, he says, several AD advocacy groups still seem to ignore microbes and continue to channel their research grant funds almost exclusively to the traditional themes of amyloid plaques and tau entanglements. Dr. Norins attributes this to a lack of infectious disease experts in his policy review committees and grants.
Dr. Norins also cites a recent article by ALZFORUM, according to which an antiviral drug administered to fight hepatitis C could also reduce the subsequent development of Parkinson's disease. It said, "[This] supports new evidence that infections contribute to neurodegeneration, "recalls Dr. Norins," Alzheimer's disease, like Parkinson's disease, is a major neurodegenerative disease. "
Alzheimer's Germ Quest is a public utility company headquartered in Naples. Florida. It is self-financing and does not solicit nor accept external donations. Its mission is to accelerate and deepen research on the possibility that a microbiological agent triggers AD. It is the sponsor of the $ 1 million Challenge Award for the scientist who proves that an infectious organism is the cause of AD. Recently, he launched a $ 100,000 hunt for the first proven case of spontaneous healing of Alzheimer's disease in the world.
SOURCE Alzheimer's Germ Quest, Inc.
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