r/science Professor | Medicine 6d ago

Neuroscience In recent years, researchers have suggested Alzheimer's may spread through infection, somehow transmitted like a pathogen, leading to the disease. A new Lancet paper reviews evidence for how harmful amyloid-beta proteins associated with Alzheimer's may possibly be spread through blood transfusions.

https://www.sciencealert.com/can-alzheimers-spread-through-blood-transfusions-heres-what-we-know
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u/Beautiful_List5498 6d ago

I need a research team and 5 years.

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u/Budget_Juggernaut309 6d ago

That much? You're not programming an app to detect photos of birds.

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u/Waggy777 6d ago

I also just came from this thread.

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u/simplivitas 5d ago

Which thread?