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Scientists aim to stop harmful gut bacteria triggering Alzheimer's - EurekAlert


Australian scientists are exploring how harmful gut bacteria from a poor diet can escape the gut and access the brain, triggering early onset Alzheimer's disease, as well as accelerating dementia in patients already battling the neurodegenerative disease.

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