Victor Dieriks recently wrote a pop science article about his work. The article is entitled,
‘The Four Horsemen, a striking metaphor for neurodegenerative brain diseases’
With everything that has been going on in 2020, one might think that the horsemen of the apocalypse are here. However, this article is not about the global pandemic, but instead focusses on the silent battle that rages within people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. Patients diagnosed with chronic conditions such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Motor neuron, and Huntington’s disease are unaware that inside their brain, a war against the Four Horsemen has been raging for years. One without the immediate prospect of a cure. In the text Revelation, the appearance of Four Horsemen is a sign of the upcoming apocalypse.
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