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Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say (futurism.com)

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In our latest attempts to make lab rats immortal, a new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice. This is a rare case where the title isn't even clickbait.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

There has been a fucking epidemic of MD/scientists running to the media with miracle cures lately.

Mice do not get Alzheimers, they were engineered to show one aspect of the disease that has been promoted by fraudulent studies. As for the reversal, mouse brains are highly plastic and similar to a human baby, nothing like a >60 year old.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well I hear we are adding more plastic to the brain through micro dosing micro plastics in our every day lives. Wait...

[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

He is talking about neuroplasticity. Not the polymer material.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

HAH HEY EVERYONE THIS GUY THINKS MICE HAVE BRAINS MADE OF PLASTIC /s