9/9/2015 – First Evidence that Alzheimer’s Proteins May Have Passed from Person to Person

Alzheimer’s isn’t contagious in the same way that colds are, but its hallmark proteins may be passed between people under certain circumstances

In a breakthrough experiment described Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers in London report for the first time evidence that patients may have acquired the Alzheimer’s protein, amyloid, from a medical treatment.

Read the full article at Time.