Beyond Beta-Amyloid: Alzheimer’s and Gene Therapy

<p>You have an idea that could benefit hundreds of millions of people, but pursuing it might kill your career.</p> <p>So, you stick with the accepted way of doing things, even though, after many decades, it&rsquo;s not yielding any promising leads. It&rsquo;s a flawed idea rooted in a shallow understanding of a complicated problem.</p> <p>This fixedness is costing people their savings and their lives.</p> <p>This was, and is, the state of affairs in Alzheimer&rsquo;s research thanks to the beta-amyloid hypothesis. Dr. Rachel Neve, a neurobiologist at Mass General, calls the amyloid hypothesis &ldquo;one of the most tragic stories [in] disease research.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://bioviva-science.medium.com/beyond-beta-amyloid-alzheimers-and-gene-therapy-2ecfe640b678"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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