Trnasmissible Alzheimer?

The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows

What separates a lethal prion from a dementia-associated amyloid plaque? Maybe not much

• By Jennifer Frazer on February 7, 2019

Orange amyloid beta plaques accumulate on a neuron in this computer-generated image illustrating the pathology of Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Juan Gaertner Getty Images

The unsettling evidence that Alzheimer’s Disease may be transmissible under limited -- but definitely nonzero -- circumstances keeps growing.

Last December I wrote about research that revealed that infectious, lethal proteins called prions have the potential to be transmitted on optical medical equipment because they are present throughout the eyes of victims./.../