by Gary Chandler | Jun 10, 2013 | Infectious Disease, Prion Disease
Book Benefits Alzheimer’s Disease Research Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other forms of neurodegenerative disease are collectively becoming the leading cause of death around the world. Alzheimer’s disease alone is killing 50-100...
by Gary Chandler | Aug 22, 2012 | Infectious Disease, Prion Disease
Deadly Prions Unstoppable Many factors, including genetics, can contribute to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. However, a deadly protein called a prion (PREE-on) also is contributing to the rapid spread of the disease. People and animals with prion disease are...
by Gary Chandler | Oct 23, 2010 | Infectious Disease, Prion Disease
Contagion Spreads By Many Vectors By Jim Schnabel Tiny clusters of amyloid-beta (A-beta), long believed to trigger Alzheimer’s disease, are infectious enough that they can spread into the brain from the body, according to a new study that appeared online in...
