A type of mouth bacteria involved in gum disease is able to infect human brain cells, new research shows. The infection results in cellular changes that are similar to what is seen in Alzheimer’s, supporting a link between the bacteria and the neurodegenerative disease. The findings were presented at the Advances in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease (AAT-AD/PD) Focus Meeting 2020, recently held virtually, in a poster titled, “Intracellular Porphyromonas gingivalis in Neuron-astrocyte-microglia Co-cultures Results in…
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