Misfolded proteins implicated in more brain diseases
Alzheimer’s, other disorders show similarity to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other prion infections
![Amyloid-beta in the brain](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/090915_ls_prion_feat_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
BUILDUP Amyloid-beta (brown) accumulated in the front of the brain in a person who received injections of cadaver-derived growth hormone as a child, suggesting that the injections were contaminated with A-beta.
Z. Jaunmuktane et al/Nature 2015