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[1] is a study of the Tsimane people by anthropologists which somewhat, to my mind, casts a shadow on the APOE4 Alz hypothesis. Doesn't rule it out, but suggest
by gardenfelder 4y ago
[1] is a study of the Tsimane people by anthropologists which somewhat, to my mind, casts a shadow on the APOE4 Alz hypothesis. Doesn't rule it out, but suggests the Alz space is much larger than amyloid protein bundles, as the nymag piece suggests. [2] is the record of the Tsimane project
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/opinion/sunday/alzheimers-cure-south-america.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/opinion/sunday/alzheimers...
[2] https://tsimane.anth.ucsb.edu/ https://tsimane.anth.ucsb.edu/
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