The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows
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The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows
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#2Just a clarifying point from the article: Transmissible != Communicable. Still, it makes me wonder what sort of other spooky “life forms” we can host.
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#3If prions stick to surgical instruments “like glue” what about needles and lancets? Could this be the link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s?
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#4If prions stick to surgical instruments “like glue” what about needles and lancets? Could this be the link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s?
Is this thought experiment how antivaxx happens?
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#5If prions stick to surgical instruments “like glue” what about needles and lancets? Could this be the link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s?
No. Those are disposable, not sterilized. There’s no chain of transmission.
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#6If prions stick to surgical instruments “like glue” what about needles and lancets? Could this be the link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s?
Is this thought experiment how antivaxx happens?
If you have a couple spare hours give Vaxxed a watch. It'll help clarify how such a movement happens.
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#7If prions stick to surgical instruments “like glue” what about needles and lancets? Could this be the link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s?
Those are all one time use though, right?
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#8If prions stick to surgical instruments “like glue” what about needles and lancets? Could this be the link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s?
Is this thought experiment how antivaxx happens?
Only if you take the result of the thought experiment as absolute truth and skip the part where you’re supposed to confirm it with a real experiment.
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#9The more we study the human body, the more questions we get. I wonder if some future Dr. McCoy centuries from now will we us as we do medicine of two centuries ago. We can go to other planets and invent new tech every day, but the body still holds a ton of mysteries.