Alzheimers caregivers in a study of 1200 people were found to be 600% more likely to “acquire” the ailment. Miss-folded prions are found in all body fluids and tissues of patients. These are known facts dating ten years ago. It has just now leaked out. What else are we not being told?
While CJD has been declared to be a prion disease, no prion has in fact been identified, unlike bovine spongiform encephalopathy. CJD does follow the pattern of BSE, and there is some evidence of transmissibility, but no specific agent has been IDed.
There is little to no evidence that Alzheimers is a prion disease. The build up of amyloid appears to be an auto-biochemical problem, not one triggered by an outside agent. That said, I wouldn’t be surprised that the damaged caused by CJD triggered the development of neurofibrilary tangles and plaques that cause Alzheimers.