3 ms·
In mice. I like how they depict a human and only mention it is in mice later in the article. Those mice are not a great model of alzeihmer, a lot of things work
by ta988 2y ago
In mice. I like how they depict a human and only mention it is in mice later in the article. Those mice are not a great model of alzeihmer, a lot of things work of them that have 0 effect on humans. And it is not even clear that the tau protein accumulation is the cause of issues in humans and could just be the consequence of other mechanisms.
- pbhjpbhj 2y agoIs tau protein accumulation beneficial?
- ta988 2y agoYes it is essential to maintain many neural structures and really abundant in a normal functioning brain. What may be an issue could be the accumulation and still we are not sure it couldn't be a protection mechanism for another problem.
- stubish 2y agoI think human trials of this or similar drug is required make it clear if the tau protein accumulation is a driver (as claimed by one of the researchers). The lead image is DAL-E generated - would have been fun if they had extended the prompt to specify a mouse using a nasal spray.