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49. Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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The Amaloid Hypothesis

The amaloid hypothesis rests on a few key scientific pieces of evidence. To meet criteria for ashemer's disease, you have to see these amaloid deposits in the brain. We know that misprocessed amaloid fragments are highly toxic to surviving nurons. Another important line of c is genetics. There are rare forms of genetically induced alhamers disease that result in a form of alamers disease that occurs early in life and kills people at a young age.

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