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Not an expert, but the amyloid hypothesis for Alzheimers employed the same kind of logic and experiments in mice. For 20 years now every single trial with some
by zaptheimpaler 1y ago
Not an expert, but the amyloid hypothesis for Alzheimers employed the same kind of logic and experiments in mice. For 20 years now every single trial with some intervention targeting the amyloid proteins has failed.
- jbentley1 1y agoI am by no means an expert on this, but was reading this about the amoloid hypothesis this morning: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/in-defense-of-the-amyloid-hypothesis https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/in-defense-of-the-amyloid-h... He addresses the specific reasons that the mouse results don't translate, but the interesting part to me is that the scientific community seems to be behind the amyloid hypothesis while the media likes to run with any story that refutes it.
- zaptheimpaler 1y agoVery interesting post, thanks!