A groundbreaking vaccine developed by Japanese researchers is potentially capable of preventing or modifying the course of Alzheimer's disease.
  • JuneEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Haven’t we cured Alzheimer’s in mice like a dozen times or something?

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The problem is that these mice don’t have Alzheimer’s. They’re bred to develop the symptoms: “plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, which comprise abnormally aggregated β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau protein”

      https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnmol.2022.912995/full

      But that may not be what causes Alzheimer’s. That might just be an effect, and treating the effect might not fix anything.

    • ultratiem@lemmy.caEnglish
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      11 months ago

      We’ve probably cured every disease in mice ten times over. But one thing about science and medicine: an animal =/= a human.