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Re:The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer’s disease by streptomycin on Friday March 27, 2020 @05:28PM (#22707072)
More is good, but the NIH alone is already spending $2.8 billion/year on Alzheimer's research https://www.alz.org/get-involved-now/advocate/research-fundi... and that's not including spending from other government agencies (both US and international), charities, or pharma companies.
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Re:The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer’s disease by mark-r on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:54PM (#22709089)
Most Alzheimer's research money has gone into the Amyloid hypothesis, which hasn't resulted in any fruitful results.
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Re:The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer’s disease by shartshooter on Saturday March 28, 2020 @12:49AM (#22709276)
Disease research isn’t about avoiding mistakes, it’s about taking chances and exploring avenues that look promising.

Failure is essential to learning.

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Re:The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer’s disease by labster on Saturday March 28, 2020 @02:04AM (#22709536)
Tell that to the grant boards and agencies who spent over a decade refusing to fund any Alzheimer’s research unrelated to the amyloid hypothesis.
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Re:The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer’s disease by ncmncm on Saturday March 28, 2020 @04:36PM (#22714132)
Changing tack in response to failure is the essence of learning.

Doing the same thing again and again is the opposite of learning.

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