What Do Mad Cow and Alzheimer's Have in Common?

I heard a very interesting story on NPR today about the link between mad cow and Alzheimer's. Apparently, the link is something called a prion protein, known to cause brain damage in mad cow cases. What was unknown was how the brain becomes damaged in Alzheimer's patients. It is now believed that these same prion proteins act in a different way to lead to brain advanced Alzheimer's.

Scientists hope this new discovery will lead to a way of preventing Alzheimer's! Sounds promising! Click here to read and hear more about this discovery!