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It is an ongoing crisis how much Alzheimer’s research was built on faked amyloid beta data. Potentially billions of dollars from public and private research whi
by 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
It is an ongoing crisis how much Alzheimer’s research was built on faked amyloid beta data. Potentially billions of dollars from public and private research which might have been spent elsewhere had a competing theory not been overshadowed by the initial fictitious results.
- superfish 2y agoI went searching for more info on this and found https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/faked-beta-amyloid-data-what-does-it-mean https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/faked-beta-amyloid... which was an interesting read.
- pedalpete 2y agoThe amyloid hypothesis is still the top candidate for at least a form of Alzheimer's. But yes, the issues with one of the early studies has caused significant issues. I say "a form of Alzheimer's" because it is likely we are labelling a few different diseases as Alzheimer's.