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Re:More evidence emerges for 'transmissible Alzheimer's' theory by noobie on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @01:57AM (#10978674)
>transmitted by surgical instrument

I admit am a biology noob, but doesn't that imply that the cause is a Virus/bacteria or some sort of agent?

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Re:More evidence emerges for 'transmissible Alzheimer's' theory by ars on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:01AM (#10978686)
That's what this article is claiming. Too early to really know.

And it might be like a prion: A bad protein, rather than a living organism.

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Re:More evidence emerges for 'transmissible Alzheimer's' theory by adrianN on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @06:15AM (#10979461)
And prions are for some reason really hard to kill. Autoclaving only "somewhat" deactivates them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion#Sterilization

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