[mschuster91]

> The current leading theory is that a build up of amyloid protein is the root cause of this disease

That's ... controversial, a few years ago fraud allegations surfaced [1].

[1] https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/for-researchers/explaining-amy...

[criddell]

Reading that link, it sounds like the build up of amyloid protein is still the current leading theory.