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<article id="post-3468" class="post-3468 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-caa tag-alzheimers tag-amyloid-beta-protein tag-as tag-cerebral-amyloid-angiopathy tag-prion tag-tau-protein">
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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/alzheimers-amyloid-beta-and-tau-proteins-act-as-prions/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2019-05-17T17:19:09+00:00">May 17, 2019</time><time class="updated" datetime="2019-05-17T17:19:16+00:00">May 17, 2019</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/alzheimers-amyloid-beta-and-tau-proteins-act-as-prions/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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				Posted on May 17, 2019			</div>
								
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					Alzheimer’s disease may be a result of prions. Prions are self-propagating, misfolded proteins that are lethal and can spread through [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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<article id="post-3449" class="post-3449 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-caa tag-alzheimers-disease tag-amyloid-beta-protein tag-transmission">
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				<a href="https://www.caaforum.org/evidence-that-alzheimers-disease-may-be-transmissible-keeps-growing/" title="Evidence that Alzheimer’s disease may be transmissible keeps growing" >
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				<h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/evidence-that-alzheimers-disease-may-be-transmissible-keeps-growing/" rel="bookmark">Evidence that Alzheimer’s disease may be transmissible keeps growing</a></h1>

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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/evidence-that-alzheimers-disease-may-be-transmissible-keeps-growing/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2019-04-04T11:11:27+00:00">April 4, 2019</time><time class="updated" datetime="2019-05-04T11:12:54+00:00">May 4, 2019</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/evidence-that-alzheimers-disease-may-be-transmissible-keeps-growing/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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				Posted on April 4, 2019			</div>
								
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					Recent studies provide additional evidence that certain medical and surgical procedures can transmit amyloid-β (Aβ) proteins associated with Alzheimer disease [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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<article id="post-3092" class="post-3092 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-caa tag-al16 tag-alzheimers-disease tag-amyloid tag-amyloid-beta-protein tag-brain-cell-death tag-treatment">
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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/researchers-discover-drug-that-could-prevent-brain-cell-death-caused-by-b-amyloid/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2018-11-02T13:30:57+00:00">November 2, 2018</time><time class="updated" datetime="2018-11-02T13:31:05+00:00">November 2, 2018</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/researchers-discover-drug-that-could-prevent-brain-cell-death-caused-by-b-amyloid/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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				Posted on November 2, 2018			</div>
								
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					UCLA researchers have discovered a drug that blocks b-amyloid plaques from attaching to brain cells, preventing the extensive cell death. [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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<article id="post-2823" class="post-2823 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-caa tag-alzheimers-disease tag-amyloid-beta-protein tag-cognitive-decline tag-vascular-risk-factors">
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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/vascular-risk-on-cognitive-decline-is-magnified-in-people-with-higher-brain-amyloid-levels/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2018-06-15T12:19:26+00:00">June 15, 2018</time><time class="updated" datetime="2018-06-15T12:20:30+00:00">June 15, 2018</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/vascular-risk-on-cognitive-decline-is-magnified-in-people-with-higher-brain-amyloid-levels/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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				Posted on June 15, 2018			</div>
								
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					Vascular risk factors appear to hasten the risk of cognitive decline in normal older individuals with evidence of very early [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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<article id="post-2253" class="post-2253 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-caa tag-amyloid-beta-protein tag-caa tag-central-nervous-system tag-cns tag-hchwa-d tag-katwijks-disease tag-rna-technology">
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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/new-dutch-spin-will-treat-beta-amyloid-related-disorders-rna-therapy/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2017-09-23T14:39:12+00:00">September 23, 2017</time><time class="updated" datetime="2017-09-23T14:39:12+00:00">September 23, 2017</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/new-dutch-spin-will-treat-beta-amyloid-related-disorders-rna-therapy/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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				Posted on September 23, 2017			</div>
								
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					ProQR has spun out Amylon Therapeutics, a company that will treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders with a lead candidate [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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<article id="post-2130" class="post-2130 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-caa tag-amyloid-beta-protein tag-amyloid-precursor-protein tag-amyloid--accumulation tag-app tag-a">
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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/protective-app-mutation-lowers-a%ce%b2-blood/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2017-07-20T10:16:54+00:00">July 20, 2017</time><time class="updated" datetime="2017-07-16T10:22:01+00:00">July 16, 2017</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/protective-app-mutation-lowers-a%ce%b2-blood/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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				Posted on July 20, 2017			</div>
								
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					More support for amyloid hypothesis Five years ago, Icelandic scientists found a mutation in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) that [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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<article id="post-1789" class="post-1789 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-caa tag-amyloid-beta-protein tag-amyloid-structures tag-brain-blood-vessel tag-brain-neurons tag-cerebral-amyloid-angiopathy tag-prion">
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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/differences-in-amyloid-structures-around-blood-vessels-and-neurons/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2017-01-14T11:13:23+00:00">January 14, 2017</time><time class="updated" datetime="2017-01-14T11:13:23+00:00">January 14, 2017</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/differences-in-amyloid-structures-around-blood-vessels-and-neurons/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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					Researchers have discovered that amyloid-beta has different structures when it accumulates around blood vessels and neurons. Although the researchers could [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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<article id="post-1276" class="post-1276 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-caa tag-alzheimers-disease tag-amyloid-beta-protein tag-dna tag-fluorescence tag-metallic-molecule tag-molecule tag-protein tag-protein-aggregation">
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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/metallic-molecule-enables-real-time-monitoring-amyloid-fibrils/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-07-29T08:39:41+00:00">July 29, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-07-29T08:39:41+00:00">July 29, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/metallic-molecule-enables-real-time-monitoring-amyloid-fibrils/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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					Study shows metallic complexes that luminesce when bound to amyloid protein fibrils associated with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease Researchers at the Rice [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/vaccine-may-prevent-protein-formations/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-07-29T08:13:54+00:00">July 29, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-07-29T08:13:54+00:00">July 29, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/vaccine-may-prevent-protein-formations/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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					Anti-amyloid beta vaccine can immunise patients at the early stages of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease Researchers at Flinders University and the University [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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<article id="post-1262" class="post-1262 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-caa tag-alzheimers-disease tag-amyloid-beta-protein tag-amyloid--accumulation tag-cannabinoids tag-inflammation tag-plaque tag-thc">
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					<span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar-alt"></i> <a href="https://www.caaforum.org/cannabinoids-can-remove-plaque-forming-protein-associated-with-alzheimers/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-07-29T07:12:59+00:00">July 29, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-07-29T07:14:16+00:00">July 29, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> <i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.caaforum.org/author/astridhulsken/">Astrid Hulsken</a></span></span>				<span class="comments-link"><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i><a href="https://www.caaforum.org/cannabinoids-can-remove-plaque-forming-protein-associated-with-alzheimers/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span>
				
				
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					Researchers discover THC’s ‘dual effect’ on brain cells Scientists at the Salk Institute has found that cannabinoids can remove the [...]										<div class="entry-categories">
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