by Heidi Ledford

Non-infectious form of prion protein could cause brain degeneration.

Non-infectious prion proteins found in the brain may contribute to Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found.

The surprising new results, reported this week in Nature¹, show that normal prion proteins produced naturally in the brain interact with the amyloid-β peptides that are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.

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