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There is no reason to assume this is a matter of proteins. It could just as easily be viral or bacterial infection. Classically, people always just assumed tha
by angiosperm 3y ago
There is no reason to assume this is a matter of proteins.
It could just as easily be viral or bacterial infection. Classically, people always just assumed that brains had no such infections. Until somebody checked, and they turn out to be very common.
But they still don't look for infections in Alzheimer's patients' brains, probably because it would make them seem negligent. (Which they are.)
- rantallion 3y ago> There is no reason to assume this is a matter of proteins. Except that there's increasing evidence that specific proteins do in fact play a part in various forms of dementia. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4072215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4072215/
- angiosperm 3y agoIt is possible that Alzheimer's is purely a matter of aberrant proteins. That would be valid conclusion if the evidence turned out to support it. But it is not a valid assumption under any circumstance.