Tag: Amyloid Hypothesis
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The Dark Side of Academia: The Diseased Roots of Alzheimer’s Research
The recent retraction of a seminal Alzheimer’s study from 2006 has sent shockwaves through the scientific community. This particular paper, which posited the controversial amyloid hypothesis—that the amyloid beta protein contributes significantly to Alzheimer’s disease—has been cited nearly 2,500 times. Scientists depended on these findings for numerous subsequent studies and drew significant research funding based…