Earlier work done by her team has shown that, in mice at least, the herpes infection of nerve cells induces accumulation of beta amyloid, the main component of amyloid plaques.

她的团队已经在早期做了大量的工作，至少在小鼠中，疱疹病毒感染的神经细胞导致了beta-淀粉的沉积，而这是淀粉样蛋白斑块的主要成分。