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Is misfolding of the amyloid β peptide—the primary constituent of senile plaques in Alzheimer disease and toxic cerebral vessel wall deposits in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) 1 —contagious? Data from experimental and clinical sources argue that prion-like…