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mimicmagnetyesterday at 5:31 PM1 replyview on HN

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschemneuro.6c00252

In mice. This is a repeating trend in Alzheimer's research, where the amyloid-beta treatment works in the mouse model but not on humans, because the mouse model induces the amyloid-beta issue (mice don't really get Alzheimer's) and then we treat it.


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bluGillyesterday at 6:06 PM

It is a repeating trend in all medical research. However enough does turn out to work in humans that we eventually make useful progress.

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