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'Transmittable Alzheimer's' concept raised

10 September 2015

A study led by Professor John Collinge (UCL Neurodegenerative Diseases) has found that patients treated with human growth hormone extracted from cadaver-sourced pituitary glands may be at risk of Alzheimer's Disease, as well as CJD, as they age. Read: BBC News, More: Guardian, Guardian (2), Independent, Telegraph, Times (£), Daily Mail, Financial Times, Economist, Mirror, Daily Express, Sky News, ITV News, Channel 4 News, Huffington Post, The Week, Scotsman, Nottingham Post, New Scientist, Nature, Science, Wired, TIME, Washington Post, New Zealand Herald, UCL News, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 1 hour 9 mins)