AHN: Some cases of Alzheimer's may be transmitted

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http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90061853?Some%20cases%20of%20Alzheimer%27s%20may%20be%20transmittedSome cases of Alzheimer’s disease may be transmitted similar to other infectious illnesses, according to a new study.Researchers with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston said that the brain damage associated with Alzheimer’s may originate in a way similar to that of what are known as infectious prion diseases such as mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform.“Our findings open the possibility that some of the sporadic Alzheimer’s cases may arise from an infectious process, which occurs with other neurological diseases such as mad cow and its human form, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease,” researcher Claudio Soto said in a statement....