Could bone marrow transplants transmit Alzheimer’s disease?

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It has been suggested that blood donors be genetically tested to make sure they don’t have an inherited form of Alzheimer’s, but others think this is unnecessary

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Could Alzheimer’s disease be transmitted between people by common medical procedures? Not according to the medical orthodoxy, which says the condition happens due to a build-up of proteins in the brain.

But a controversial idea posits that occasionally those proteins can be passed from one person to another through measures such as bone marrow and organ transplants, or even blood transfusions.…

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