Both this result and the preceding paper are also entirely consistent with the hypotheses that:<p>1) People who are susceptible to vCJD are more susceptible to AD<p>2) The (cellular) stress caused by vCJD increases susceptibility for AD<p>3) People who have had brain surgery (a traumatic and stressful experience in terms of brain swelling) are more susceptible to AD<p>All three of which would be entirely inline with the fields&#x27; current way of thinking about AD, proteostasis, CBI etc. Which is not to say I actually don&#x27;t think that there is a transmissible element, but I think we should avoid jumping to conclusions...