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Beyond the Brain: Alzheimer’s Discovery Explores Immune System Connection

New findings further scientists’ understanding of what is happening in the immune systems of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Beyond the Brain: Alzheimer’s Discovery Explores Immune System Connection
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Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
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A recently published study sheds new light on an important component of the immune system in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The study was published in The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, and the authors say that, to their knowledge, it is the first to describe these elements in Alzheimer’s patients.

The component is called the Th1/Th2 ratio.

Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
Emma is an acupuncture physician and has written extensively about health for multiple publications over the past decade. She is now a health reporter for The Epoch Times, covering Eastern medicine, nutrition, trauma, and lifestyle medicine.
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