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Share A University of Manchester scientist is one of eight to be recognised for her work hunting for a microbe that causes Alzheimer’s Diease. Ruth Itzhaki, , Professor Emeritus of Molecular Neurobiology (and now visiting Professorial Fellow, University of Oxford) received the Alzgerm Quest prize, for research on Alzheimer’s disease aiming at showing the involvement of an infectious agent in the disease. The eight individuals divided the “$1 Million Challenge”, which lasted three years, ending December 31, 2020. None of the challengers provided enough evidence to persuade the judges t...

Share this article Share this article NAPLES, Fla., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 aut...