Probably the most fascinating line of research right now on the topic of Alzheimer's seems to be the infectious model: https://www.statnews.com/2018/10/29/alzhe

Probably the most fascinating line of research right now on the topic of Alzheimer's seems to be the infectious model: https://www.statnews.com/2018/10/29/alzheimers-research-outsider-bucked-prevailing-theory/ https://www.statnews.com/2018/10/29/alzheimers-research-outs... I've also commented extensively on this topic, e.g. here with more sources: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18331554 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18331554 This study surrounding brain cells revamping their own DNA could be related, but there's already causative evidence in favor of the infectious model: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540094 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540094 Just putting that all out there.