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Alzheimer's spreads in brain like an infection
Study finds Alzheimer's spreads like infection
A woman, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, looks at an old picture of herself on March 18, 2011 in a retirement house in Angervilliers, eastern France. PHOTO / SEBASTIEN BOZON (Photo credit: SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Posted: 02/02/2012
Alzheimer's disease spreads like an infection in the brain. That's according to a new study by the Columbia University Medical Center.
Researchers found that mice with an abnormal protein linked to the disease travels along the brain jumping from neuron to neuron. The hope is researchers will able to develop treatments to slow or stop the progression of the disease.
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