Treatment with growth hormones obtained from corpses caused Alzheimer’s disease in five people. For the first time in history, cases of an infectiously transmitted disease have been identified.
According to work published in a scientific journal Natural medicinePatients acquired the disease in childhood when they were treated with growth hormones. This practice was interrupted in the 1980s when it was discovered that it could cause the transmission of proteins responsible for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, known as “mad cow disease”, which is transmitted through the consumption of contaminated food.
In five patients, symptoms began between the ages of 38 and 55 years. Given that Alzheimer’s disease is usually triggered by the accumulation of beta-amyloid protein in the brain, a process associated with aging, experts decided to evaluate the patient’s history.
As they investigated, they realized that none of the patients suffered from the mutation that causes early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, and that they all shared a common milestone in their disease history: treatment with growth hormones.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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