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Is it possible that alzheimer's and many other dementias are a prion disease since the real cause has never been determined?
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Yes: Researchers are already discussing this. The term prion just means that protein misfolding self-perpetuates. It is not an actual disease itself but more if a descriptive term
Answered 6/9/2014
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