# New science details discovery of bacterial pathogen in brains of Alzheimer's patients

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**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/new-science-details-discovery-of-bacterial-pathogen-in-brains-of-alzheimers-patients/1693 "2019-01-23T22:45:47Z")\
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> **[New science details discovery of bacterial pathogen in brains of Alzheimer's...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123165002.htm)**
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> New science uncovers how an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) -- the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease -- appears to drive Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology.

  
New science uncovers how an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) – the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease – appears to drive Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology.