[HN Gopher] Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brai...
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       Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells,
       research suggests
        
       Author : jdmark
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2024-03-19 21:19 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (medicalxpress.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (medicalxpress.com)
        
       | FrustratedMonky wrote:
       | So, is this why fasting sometimes seems like solution?
        
       | bananapub wrote:
       | tl;dr no one knows, lots of hints but every attempt at chemical
       | intervention turns out to be worthless
        
       | david-gpu wrote:
       | Doesn't this boost the hypothesis that Alzheimer's is closely
       | related to insulin resistance in the brain? What some people call
       | type III diabetes.
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       | I ask because one of the hallmarks of insulin resistance is the
       | presence of lipid droplets in close proximity to mitochondria
       | [0].
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       | [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10455923/
        
       | julienchastang wrote:
       | I suggest changing the title to something like: "Link Between
       | Brain Cell Fat and Alzheimer's Could Pave the Way for Innovative
       | Treatments". Also here is the original Nature journal reference
       | that can be linked to instead:
       | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07185-7
        
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