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		dingby on Dec 10, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prions, Nearly Indestructible and Universally Leth... The diabetes/metabolic theory was one pitched theory, and it isn’t even a terribly mainstream one. There is no consensus that Alzheimer’s is a “metabolic disease”. Even thought ApoE is implicated, that association could be explained by numerous mechanism, even viral.

tshannon on Dec 10, 2018 [–]

Thanks for clarifying. I'm no expert just passing on things I've read.

Regardless, it's unrelated to prions.

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