HGH Treatment Tragedy Suggests Alzheimer's Might be Transmissible

Research opens new avenues for understanding the origins of Alzheimer's and its potential implications for medical practices.

By Roni Dengler
Dec 13, 2018 7:32 PMAug 15, 2023 12:29 PM
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A medical procedure transferred a key component of Alzheimer’s disease from one person to another, finds a new study published today in the journal Nature. The discovery suggests the seeds of the devastating neurodegenerative disease are transmissible.

“It is a new way of thinking about the condition,” John Collinge, a neurologist at the University of College London in the United Kingdom, who led the new research, told reporters during a media briefing.

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