6. like kudzu …

December 21, 2009 at 3:44 pm (Uncategorized)

The disease is named after the German physician who first described it in 1906. It occurs when the body, for reasons not yet understood, begins overproducing two types of proteins – beta amyloid and tau proteins. These sticky substances settle in between the nerve cells, and inside them, and interfere with and eventually block, communication between the brain’s nerve networks. When I think of these proteins, I think of silly string. Or kudzu.

This is an onion, halved.