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My understanding is that there is some evidence that Alzheimer's is transmissible (e.g. higher rate of incidence in caregivers and neurosurgeons), but more stud
by adamb 8y ago
My understanding is that there is some evidence that Alzheimer's is transmissible (e.g. higher rate of incidence in caregivers and neurosurgeons), but more study is needed.
- Fomite 8y agoThere's also been observations of particularly large amounts of certain human herpes viruses in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
- rincebrain 8y agoA study showed that if they wired two mice's circulatory systems together, one with Alzheimer's and one without, the second one would eventually develop everyone's favorite brain plaques. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2151909-alzheimers-may-be-able-to-spread-through-blood-transfusions/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2151909-alzheimers-may-... So while wiring together two bloodstreams is a bit extreme, and likely to result in most things being transmissible, there's nonzero evidence that you can have a bad day from a blood transfusion.