Could bone marrow transplants transmit Alzheimer’s disease?
It has been suggested that blood donors be genetically tested to make sure they don’t have an inherited form of Alzheimer’s, but others think this is unnecessary
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Could Alzheimer’s disease be transmitted between people by common medical procedures? Not according to the medical orthodoxy, which says the condition happens due to a build-up of proteins in the brain.
But a controversial idea posits that occasionally those proteins can be passed from one person to another through measures such as bone marrow and organ transplants, or even blood transfusions.…
