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Donald Weaver

Alzheimer's may be caused by immune cells thinking brain cells are bacteria, expert says

Close up on a person's hand as they use a pen to point at an image of 6 brain scans, labeled "PET amyloid and tau imaging".

The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing several important controversies.

In July 2022, Science magazine reported that a key 2006 research paper, published in the prestigious journal Nature, which identified a subtype of brain protein called beta-amyloid as the cause of Alzheimer's, may have been based on fabricated data.

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