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Alzheimer's can be transmitted from person to person, a study shows - patients given a growth hormone from dead donors now have the disease.
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Alzheimer's can be transmitted from person to person, a study shows - patients given a growth hormone from dead donors now have the disease.
New research links at least five cases of early-onset Alzheimer's to a medical procedure contaminated with rogue proteins.
Five people who received treatment with cadaver-sourced human pituitary-derived growth hormone during childhood developed early Alzheimer’s disease.
Five people who were treated as children with cadaver-derived human growth hormone (c-hGH) developed symptoms of dementia when they were aged between 36 and 55, new research suggests.
The findings may have important implications for understanding and treating the disease, researchers say.