Dementia ‘could be spread’ by dental treatment

Seeds of Alzheimer’s disease can potentially be transferred from one person to another by certain medical procedures that could include dental treatments, a study suggests.

Dementia ‘could be spread’ by dental treatment

While not proving that dementia can be “caught”, the explosive findings provide the first evidence of its transmission in humans via microscopic protein molecules.

Blood donations are not considered a meaningful risk, but should be investigated as a precaution, say the researchers.

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