Is Alzheimer’s an infectious disease?

For decades, neurology has told us that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by toxic proteins (amyloid plaques and tau tangles) that clog the brain. Pharmaceutical companies have poured billions into anti-amyloid drugs designed to wash them away. The results? Repeated failures, high-profile disappointments, and a handful of marginal approvals with no meaningful improvement in patients’ lives.

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Is Alzheimer’s an infectious disease? originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

 

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