<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/11-28/virus-key-to-understanding-alzheimers.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Research</categories><pubDate>11/28/2023 06:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>Herpes Virus May Hold Key to Understanding Alzheimer's Disease, New Research Suggests</title><sub-title/><description>Alzheimer’s disease, affecting over six million Americans and lacking a cure, is the focus of a new study by Downstate’s Department of Dermatology, exploring the link between Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1) and Alzheimer’s.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/11-28/_images/brain-image.png" alt="Brain Image"/></image><tags><tag>Alzheimers</tag></tags><categories><category>Research</category></categories></item>