Are they killed by antibiotics?
We use a very expensive Nikon Phase Contrast Microscope... they are hard to see otherwise.
And yes, they can be killed by antibiotics... which ones I am not sure. The article says that Alzheimer's patients are affected by antibiotics "at first" but then continue on the course of the disease. That may be because it is a long term 20-30 year problem and it is too late by the time the dementia starts showing and the damage is done. Now that we KNOW the cause, earlier treatment may be effective, before the plaques have time to build up and cause the physiological changes to the brain.
Check this out! And a simple cheap preventative!
Bump for later.