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Please answer! what virus causes alzheimer's disease?
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Not a virus: Ad is caused by an abnormal accumulation of a protein in the brain called beta amyloid. It is not known what starts the disease or how to prevent progression. There are drugs available to slow progression but no cure as of yet.
Answered 1/30/2014
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