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That thread appears to be defending what appears to be one of the deadest ends ever in medical research. How much failure do these people need? I'm genuinely cu

• jcranmer 4y ago
  Reading it carefully, not really. The author is equally against anti-amyloid drugs as a solution to Alzheimer's--arguing that amyloid is at best a starting gun to the disease, and when it goes off, fixing amyloid won't reverse the disease. Want to see amyloid defenders? Read comments on Derek Lowe's blog, and there's quite a few commenters there who are arguing that a better amyloid drug that actually clears out the plaques is needed (apparently not realizing that's what Aduhelm, and it still didn't work).
  • throwawaymaths 4y ago
    Eh, we know diabetes is often reversible with careful diet and there's plenty of amyloid deposits in that disease. Evidence is mounting that amyloid is the downstream result of whatever actually causes these diseases.