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Media Coverage of This Article

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 03 Feb 2012 at 23:57 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: New York Times
Title: “Alzheimer's Spreads in the Brain Like a Virus, Studies Find - NYTimes.com”
http://www.nytimes.com/20...

Publication: Wall Street Journal Health Blog
Title: “Two Studies Hint at How Alzheimer's Might Spread - Health Blog - WSJ”
http://blogs.wsj.com/heal...

Publication: Time Healthland
Title: “Is Alzheimer's Caused by Contagious Proteins? | Healthland | TIME.com”
http://healthland.time.co...

Publication: Healthzone.ca
Title: “Alzheimer's discovery could curb spread of disease, researchers say - Healthzone.ca”
http://www.healthzone.ca/...

Publication: NPR
Title: “Study Tracks Alzheimer's Progression In Mice : NPR”
http://www.npr.org/2012/0...

Publication: Global Post
Title: “Scientists make Alzheimer's breakthrough | GlobalPost”
http://www.globalpost.com...

Publication: Calorie Lab
Title: “Pathway of Alzheimer's Progression Discovered (CalorieLab Lab Notes)”
http://calorielab.com/lab...

Publication: New York Times Blogs
Title: “How Alzheimer's Disease Spreads - NYTimes.com”
http://newoldage.blogs.ny...

Publication: CBS News
Title: “Alzheimer's disease jumps across brain cells to spread like infection - HealthPop - CBS News”
http://www.cbsnews.com/83...

Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “Alzheimer's disease 'spreads like an infection' in finding that could help slow its progress | Mail Online”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...

Publication: Fox News
Title: “Study gives new clues on how Alzheimer's spreads | Fox News”
http://www.foxnews.com/he...

Publication: HVG.hu
Title: “Egészség: Az Alzheimer-kór úgy terjed az agyban, mint egy fertőzés - HVG.hu”
http://hvg.hu/egeszseg/20...

Publication: Third Age
Title: “Alzheimer's Researchers Report New Hope for Treatment | ThirdAge”
http://www.thirdage.com/n...

Publication: Medical Daily
Title: “Medical Daily: Mapping Spread of Alzheimer's Disease Gives Clues to Stopping Progression”
http://www.medicaldaily.c...

Publication: Telegraph
Title: “Alzheimer's spreads through brain like an infection, US scientists say | thetelegraph.com.au”
http://www.dailytelegraph...

Publication: Bloomberg.com
Title: “Alzheimer's Disease Protein Spreads Through Brain's Neurons, Study Finds - Bloomberg”
http://www.bloomberg.com/...

Publication: Newswise
Title: “Study Shows Alzheimer's Disease May Spread by 'Jumping' from One Brain Region to Another”
http://www.newswise.com/a...

Publication: Top News New Zealand
Title: “Novel Facts about Alzheimer's Unveiled | TopNews New Zealand”
http://topnews.net.nz/con...

Publication: Top News New Zealand
Title: “Study Moves Ahead to Find Alzheimer's Cure | TopNews New Zealand”
http://topnews.net.nz/con...

Publication: Health Day News
Title: “Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection”
http://consumer.healthday...

Publication: Daily News and Analysis
Title: “Alzheimer's spreads by jumping from one brain region to another - Health - DNA”
http://www.dnaindia.com/h...

Publication: Health Jockey
Title: “Alzheimer's could be spreading from neuron to neuron in the brain - Health Jockey”
http://www.healthjockey.c...

Publication: Truth Dive
Title: “Alzheimer's spreads by 'jumping from one brain region to another' | TruthDive”
http://truthdive.com/2012...

Publication: Arirang.co.kr
Title: “Arirang | Korea for the World, The World for Korea - Arirang.co.kr”
http://www.arirang.co.kr/...

Publication: Fox News Houston
Title: “Scientists: Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection”
http://www.myfoxhouston.c...

Publication: Expatriate Healthcare
Title: “Expatriate Insurance News: Breakthrough made in understanding the spread of Alzheimer's”
http://www.expatriateheal...

Publication: AFP
Title: “AFP: US study finds Alzheimer's spreads like infection”
http://www.google.com/hos...

Publication: U T San Diego
Title: “Alzheimer's SPREADS LIKE VIRUS | UTSanDiego.com”
http://www.utsandiego.com...

Publication: Top News United States
Title: “Flawed Protein Acts as Virus in Alzheimer's | TopNews United States”
http://topnews.us/content...

Publication: Top News New Zealand
Title: “New Breakthrough in Alzheimer's Research | TopNews New Zealand”
http://topnews.net.nz/con...

Publication: Reuters UK
Title: “Study gives new clues on how Alzheimer's spreads | Reuters”
http://uk.reuters.com/art...

If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.

Competing interests declared: PLoS ONE Staff

RE: Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 10 Feb 2012 at 23:01 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Huffington Post
Title: “Alzheimer's Disease 'Spreads Like An Infection' By 'Jumping' Around The Brain”
http://www.huffingtonpost...

Publication: SF Gate
Title: “Alzheimer's Disease Protein Spreads Through Neurons in Mice”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi...

Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Title: “Role of rogue protein seen as clue to Alzheimer's cure”
http://www.smh.com.au/wor...

Publication: US News and World Report
Title: “Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection - US News and World Report”
http://health.usnews.com/...

Publication: MSNBC
Title: “Alzheimer's may spread by infecting brain cells”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

Publication: CBS News
Title: “Alzheimer's disease "jumps" across brain cells to spread”
http://www.cbsnews.com/83...

Publication: Medscape News
Title: “Alzheimer's Pathology May Spread Along Synapses”
http://www.medscape.com/v...

Publication: The Montclarion
Title: “The Montclarion » Blog Archive » Alzheimer's Breakthrough Tracks Disease Spread”
http://www.themontclarion...

Publication: MD News
Title: “MD News - Researchers Uncover How Alzheimer's Spreads”
http://www.mdnews.com/new...

Publication: Corante.com
Title: “Tau Spreads On Its Own?. In the Pipeline:”
http://pipeline.corante.c...

Publication: domain b.com
Title: “domain-b.com : Study Shows Alzheimer's Disease May Spread by 'Jumping' from One Brain Region to Another”
http://www.domain-b.com/t...

Publication: Discover Magazine
Title: “Alzheimer's Spreads Like a Virus From Neuron to Neuron, Studies Show”
http://blogs.discovermaga...

Publication: News Medical
Title: “Two different research groups make similar advances in AD study”
http://www.news-medical.n...

Publication: The star.com
Title: “Alzheimer's discovery could curb spread of disease, researchers say”
http://www.thestar.com/li...

Publication: OpenPR
Title: “Recent Alzheimer's Studies Finding That Disease Spreads Through the Brain”
http://www.openpr.com/new...

Publication: HelpingYouCare
Title: “Alzheimer's Spreads in the Brain like a Virus, New Study Finds”
http://www.helpingyoucare...

Publication: Times of Malta
Title: “Alzheimer's spreads like an infection”
http://www.timesofmalta.c...

Publication: Health Canal
Title: “Same genes linked to early- and late-onset Alzheimer's”
http://www.healthcanal.co...

Publication: Newser
Title: “Alzheimer's Spreads From Cell to Cell - New studies could someday help doctors halt the disease”
http://www.newser.com/sto...

Publication: The Bend Bulletin
Title: “Halting viruslike protein may be key to treating Alzheimer's”
http://www.bendbulletin.c...

Publication: Newswise
Title: “Alzheimer's Disease: Tau Spreads in the Brain, Not Between People”
http://www.newswise.com/a...

Publication: Doctors Lounge
Title: “Same Gene Variants in Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer's”
http://www.doctorslounge....

Publication: truthdive.org
Title: “How Alzheimer's spreads in brain”
http://truthdive.com/2012...

If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.

Competing interests declared: PLoS ONE Staff

RE: RE: Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 17 Feb 2012 at 23:28 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Highlight Health
Title: “Study Suggests that Alzheimer's Disease Spreads through the Brain | Highlight HEALTH”
http://www.highlighthealt...

Publication: Emax Health
Title: “Within a generation Alzheimer's Disease may be halted in its tracks”
http://www.emaxhealth.com...

Publication: New York Daily News
Title: “Alzheimer’s path found by Columbia researchers - NY Daily News”
http://www.nydailynews.co...

If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.

Competing interests declared: PLoS ONE Staff