Newswise — Eight final honorees will divide $200,000 for meritorious entries in Alzheimer’s Germ Quest’s “$1 Million Challenge”, which lasted three years, ending December 31, 2020, says Leslie Norins, MD, PhD, FIDSA (Emeritus), CEO. However, nobody provided persuasive-enough evidence that a particular infectious agent was the sole cause of Alzheimer’s disease, so the grand prize of $1 million will not be awarded. Summary results are posted online.
The challenge initially attracted 81 would-be entrants, of whom 40 were authorized to submit formal entries. Eight researchers did so.
The finalists were Ruth Itzhaki, Manchester; Hugo Lovheim, Umea, Sweden; Richard Lathe, Edinburgh; Rima McCleod, Chicago, Tom Dowd, Wisconsin; Alan MacDonald, Naples; May Bedoun, Baltimore, and Steven Dominy, San Francisco.
Six microorganisms were nominated: herpes, toxoplasma,…
