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Gerontology & Geriatrics

Gerontology & Geriatrics

According to new research, nose picking may raise one’s risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Griffith College scientists have shown the way that microbes can go through the olfactory nerve in the nose and into the mind in mice, where they make markers that are an indication of Alzheimer's illness. The review, distributed in the journal Logical Reports, showed that Chlamydia pneumoniae utilized the nerve reaching out between the nasal pit and the mind as an attack way to attack the focal sensory system. The cells in the mind then answered by saving amyloid beta protein, which is a sign of Alzheimer's illness. Teacher James St John, at the top of the Clem Jones Place