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I don’t think we’ve made any progress in Alzheimer’s. Where did you read that we have?

• zdragnar 2y ago
  There have been a fair number of announcements about possible progress, and even several recently related drugs. The research and drugs continue to focus entirely on beta amyloid buildup in the brain: https://www.science.org/content/article/new-alzheimer-s-drugs-create-prescribing-dilemmas-doctors https://www.science.org/content/article/new-alzheimer-s-drug... There's not a shortage of debate on whether they are effective, ought to have gotten any approval, or if beta amyloid buildup is even a cause or contributor to Alzheimer's disease, so whether we've actually made progress remains debatable for the short term until results on these drugs are in.
  • throwawaymaths 2y ago
    Wasn't a lot of the beta amyloid buildup hypothesis based of of results from Marc tessier Levine who left Stanford under a cloud of accusations of results fakery and is now the CEO of the ai startup xaira?
    • ekianjo 2y ago
      Yes it was mostly a bad hypothesis on which the industry wasted billions and 20 years.
  • melling 2y ago
    Well, which is it “great advancements“ or “possible progress “? You’re both saying two different things.
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