Can You ‘Catch’ Alzheimer’s Disease?

Researchers said the findings open the possibility that sporadic Alzheimer's cases may arise from infectious processes.

, --October 5, 2011

Science-Technology | Comments | Reader Friendly | Subscribe | Email Us


Fox News The brain damage that characterizes Alzheimer's disease may start out in a form similar to that of infectious diseases, according to a new study.
The underlying mechanism of Alzheimer's is very similar to prion diseases like mad cow and its human form, Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. It involves a normal protein that becomes misshapen and is able to spread by transforming good proteins into bad ones. More...

View Comments
News on the Net——

News from around the world