Re: Alzheimer's may be a Brain Infection & Beta Amyloid is an Antimicrobial

Great find! I found a better link with more details of the study. One would need graduate school level understanding of biology and immunology to follow the study. But for the lay person the bottom line is that Alzheimer's disease MAY be associated with an immune response (think autoimmune disease) due to pathogen infection.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0009505