Scientists Give Mice Chlamydia to Link Nose Picking to Dimentia
- Barry Brite
- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min read
This is the wildest story I've come across for anything to do with Alzheimer's/Dimentia. Fortunately I was bored enough at the airport bar to search "study conducted" on twitter. 45 minutes ago I found this tweet:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I read it so you don't have to: The study that linked nose picking with dementia was conducted on mice. <br><br>And no, how they got mice to pick their noses isn't explained. <br><br>But you can bet that exercise wheel was covered in boogers. <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/henBY1BtSI">https://t.co/henBY1BtSI</a></p>— Mykeru Media (@Mykeru_Media) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mykeru_Media/status/1590811202414051328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
And the story does not disappoint. Apparently scientists put the respiratory tract pathogen Chlamydia pneumonia in the nasal passage of mice. It's basically chlamydia for the lungs and spreads like wildfire in schools, college dorms, military halls, and prisons.
So after being infected, the mice obviously had irritation in their noses and proceeded to agitate and damage their nasal linings. Which are made up of the hairs, mucus and skin used to protect the brain from bacteria entering through the nose. This caused the brain to deposit the protein amyloid beta, a clear indicator of early-onset Alzheimers.
These geniuses at Griffith University found that by giving mice nose clap that they are more likely to develop a degenerative brain disease. So a disease given from one degenerate to another in college dorms can also cause brain degeneration? Could've told you that without spending tuition money Professor James St. John, but I can see why you needed to conduct the study and had a full blown press release about it.
I will give the team from Griffith props though, this was the first study of its kind conducted. One of these scientists probably made the connection from the rising STD rates in retirement communities. Hopefully this can help Alzheimer's researchers finally find a solution to the degenerative disease like a mouse finding cheese in a maze.
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