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HOW DID THE AMYLOID HYPOTHESIS GO FROM PROMISING TO PERILOUS IN THE SEARCH 4 ALZHEIMER’S TREATMENTS?
The idea that sticky brain plaques cause Alzheimer’s disease began as an interesting hypothesis and eventually became drug industry dogma. Now, after a string of clinical trial failures, that hypothesis looks less credible than ever.
HOW DID THE AMYLOID HYPOTHESIS GO FROM PROMISING TO PERILOUS IN THE SEARCH 4 ALZHEIMER’S TREATMENTS?