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Re:Infectious Theory of Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Inte... by caycep on Sunday September 09, 2018 @12:33PM (#17946610)
IT may be more like - give mom the ability to re-learn who I am. Once AD hits, the memories are destroyed, so if things get restored, it may very well be a new a different person. Albeit one with the ability to learn and retain memories.
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Re:Infectious Theory of Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Inte... by Izkata on Sunday September 09, 2018 @12:52PM (#17946694)
Is that something we actually know, that it's the storage area that's damaged and not the retrieval pathways?
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Re:Infectious Theory of Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Inte... by jjeaff on Sunday September 09, 2018 @12:52PM (#17946691)
Presumably you would treat during early onset.
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