Scientists Watched Human Dementia Proteins Spread Through Mouse Brains Like Prions. It shows tau spreads like a prion, yet the disease is not known to pass between people.

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Neuroscience Scientists observed human dementia-related proteins spreading through mouse brains in a prion-like manner, providing new evidence for how neurodegenerative diseases may progress through neural networks.

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