Alzheimer’s microbe hypothesis gets major NIH funding

Newswise — The NIH’s National Institute on Aging announced on January 15 that a cornucopia of research grants is now offered to probe infectious possibilities in the causation of Alzheimer’s.   

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-21-034.html 

Academic, nonprofit, and business organizations can apply.  There is no upper limit to the amount of money that can be requested, if the applicant’s budget justifies it. 

Leslie Norins, MD, PhD, founder and CEO of Alzheimer’s Germ Quest (ALZgerm.org), said ” This is a dream come true for the lonely pioneers who for decades have reported, and urged more studies of, the possible roles of microbes in the causation of Alzheimer’s disease. Many were ignored or ridiculed, and financial support was almost impossible to obtain.”  

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