Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure

Re:Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure by RajT88 on Monday January 29, 2024 @08:14PM (#39185162)

Well, the boffins figured out somehow that if you get a blood transfusion from an Opossum you become immune to all snake venom for a while.

(Seems wikipedia removed this factoid now... and other sources state "most" snake venom)

I assume they tested on animals, not humans.

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Re:Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure by bglazer on Monday January 29, 2024 @08:58PM (#39185500)

Can you provide a source? That sounds unlikely

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Re:Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure by RajT88 on Monday January 29, 2024 @09:40PM (#39185766)

Here is something scholarly:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5315628/

I cannot find anything now talking about a blood transfusion (I probably read about it 10 years back). It more or less jives with the scholarly article in that "immunogenic effects are reported".

A slightly less dry read:

https://www.grunge.com/1105496/how-an-opossum-could-be-the-r...

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