Media attention for the article by Thomas Cope et al.

The new publication by Thomas Cope et al., has resulted in some media attention.

Here are a few related web links:

• (5th January 2018). Recent advances in brain imaging have enabled scientists to show for the first time that a key protein which causes nerve cell death spreads throughout the brain in Alzheimer’s disease – and hence that blocking its spread may prevent the disease from taking hold. Cambridge University.
• (5th January 2018). Alzheimer’s breakthrough? Scientists show how toxic protein rips through the brain. By Giles Sheldrick. Express – online.
• (5th January 2018). How Alzheimer’s disease spreads throughout the brain – new study. The Conversation.
• (5th January 2018). Alzheimer’s protein may spread like an infection, human brain scans suggest. By Meredith Wadman. Science Magazine www.sciencemag.org