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uponit7771

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Sat Jul 23, 2022, 10:49 PM Jul 2022

Two decades of Alzheimer's research may be ..a .. deliberate fraud

Lets give big Pharma and the FDA a couple of hundred of billons of dollars more because you know ...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/22/2111914/-Two-decades-of-Alzheimer-s-research-may-be-based-on-deliberate-fraud-that-has-cost-millions-of-lives

Over the last two decades, Alzheimer’s drugs have been notable mostly for having a 99% failure rate in human trials. It’s not unusual for drugs that are effective in vitro and in animal models to turn out to be less than successful when used in humans, but Alzheimer’s has a record that makes the batting average in other areas look like Hall of Fame material.

And now we have a good idea of why. Because it looks like the original paper that established the amyloid plaque model as the foundation of Alzheimer’s research over the last 16 years might not just be wrong, but a deliberate fraud.
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Two decades of Alzheimer's research may be ..a .. deliberate fraud (Original Post) uponit7771 Jul 2022 OP
Not good. Polly Hennessey Jul 2022 #1
What have they done with the billions of dollars demosincebirth Jul 2022 #2
Disgusting! 😠 nt Raine Jul 2022 #3
A highly lucrative fraud. dalton99a Jul 2022 #4
Oh, wow, that's right! Mister Ed Jul 2022 #5
RIGHT !!! It's not like big pharma is losing money in all of this uponit7771 Jul 2022 #6

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