Alzheimer’s May Be Transmissible in Rare Circumstances
Alzheimer’s disease appeared to be transmissible under rare conditions, according to new research. Five patients treated with human growth hormone from cadaveric pituitary glands when they were children subsequently developed early dementia or biomarker changes consistent with Alzheimer’s disease, reported John Collinge, MD, of University College London in England, and co-authors in Nature Medicine. Four […]