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by adenadel 3931 days ago
Current understanding is that they are two different diseases, but this paper hints that Alheimer's could possibly be caused by the misfolded prion present in CJD. The mechanism of CJD is fairly well understood while the mechanism(s) of Alzheimer's are more out in the open. Someone else could probably confirm with more confidence than I can.