This amyloid theory has been completely debunked at this point but has wasted almost two decades of progress because of it. It's so infuriating, but I don't see this stopping because there's no accountability.
This amyloid theory has been completely debunked at this point but has wasted almost two decades of progress because of it. It's so infuriating, but I don't see this stopping because there's no accountability.
People needs to stop making excuses to avoid science, use their brain cells and grow some critic sense. When you feel afraid of science, stop and think that the other option is worse.
Of note: Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease inverse relationship: an age-associated diverging derailment of shared pathways Molecular Psychiatry vol. 26, pp. 280–295 (2021)
This claim is just an opinion. I bet that if we check the real statistics there are lots of cases that show exactly the opposite behavior.
> making money and winning awards is the goal
We should remind that making money and winning awards are perfectly legit goals, as long as the work is done honestly.
Working with Alzheimer patients rank probably among some of the most emotionally hardest and more depressive works that I could imagine. We should stop treating scientists as missionary figures that were born to save all of us for free.
If it was just a big cartel conspiracy, you would see a different disease pattern when comparing the elites to everyone else.