[HN Gopher] Alzheimer's Might Not Be a Brain Disease, Expert Rev...
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       Alzheimer's Might Not Be a Brain Disease, Expert Reveals
        
       Author : nashashmi
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2024-03-01 19:54 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.sciencealert.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sciencealert.com)
        
       | nashashmi wrote:
       | Previous discussions:
       | 
       | 1. Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory in
       | mice (nature.com) [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10751234]
       | 452 points Dec 17, 2015 139 comments
       | 
       | 2. Alzheimer's amyloid hypothesis 'cabal' thwarted progress
       | toward a cure (2019) (statnews.com)
       | [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31828509] 344 points June
       | 21, 2022 311 comments
       | 
       | 3. Potential fabrication in research threatens the amyloid theory
       | of Alzheimer's (science.org)
       | [https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabricatio...]
       | 604 points July 21, 2022 259 comments
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       | 4. Experts Have Resigned from an FDA Committee over Alzheimer's
       | Drug Approval (npr.org)
       | [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28615124] 319 points Sept
       | 22, 2021 148 comments
        
       | sydbarrett74 wrote:
       | More and more scientists are reaching a consensus that
       | Alzheimer's is a form of diabetes, or the neuronal manifestation
       | of T1D or T2D.
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       | TL;dr: Alzheimer's is an impairment of glucose metabolism within
       | the brain.
        
         | GenerWork wrote:
         | Is this for a whole group of mental maladies like dementia and
         | Alzheimers, or just Alzheimers?
        
         | nashashmi wrote:
         | Was that mentioned in this article? If not, link to a source.
        
       | lupire wrote:
       | Garbage clickbait title, in multiple ways.
       | 
       | The actual claim is that Alzheimer's is not a beta-amyloid
       | disease.
        
         | firebaze wrote:
         | This is as much clickbait as an NTSB report is emotional.
        
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