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What Causes Alzheimer's? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. (Pt 2)

The Quanta Podcast

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The Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis and Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's researcher Scott Small agrees that it could make the most sense for the endosomal, lysosomal hypothesis and neural inflammation hypothesis to combine at some point. The implications of taking this broader perspective could reach beyond the Alzheimer's field. Clues gleaned from Alzheimer's could help our understanding of other neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease or ALS.

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