Ask the Experts: Is Alzheimer’s disease transmissible? (Part 1: Introduction to transmissible neurological disorders)

Written by Lauren Pulling

In this latest instalment of our ‘Ask the Experts’ column, we ask the question, ‘Is Alzheimer’s disease transmissible?’. This highly provocative topic has hit the headlines in recent months, so we have drawn together experts from the fields of Alzheimer’s and prion research to share their views on the subject. Our experts this month are Karl Frontzek (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Herbert Budka (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Marc Diamond (University of Texas Southwestern, TX, USA), Masahito Yamada (Kanazawa University, Japan) and Dennis Selkoe (Harvard Institutes of Medicine, MA, USA). Find out more about our experts at the bottom of this...

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