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wk_endyesterday at 7:06 PM2 repliesview on HN

In general, sure, but in this specific instance (treating Alzheimer's by clearing amyloid-beta) it's been shown over and over again to not work in humans.


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russfinkyesterday at 10:17 PM

I’m kinda new to this - so what you’re saying is the mouse model induces beta-amyliods directly, rather than finding ways to give mice Alzheimer’s, whereas the human tests are for humans that have Alzheimer’s? Meaning we aren’t doing any tests of simply stimulating BA growth in humans?

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XorNotyesterday at 10:52 PM

Which is not the point of the research paper: the point of it is they've targeted a novel mechanism (waste clearing) and observed two effects impacting markers for Alzheimer's.

Amyloid beta might not be causative, but if you hit a mechanism then it stands to reason it might be indicative - in this case if Alzheimer's is partly or fully caused by a waste removal problem in the brain.