Alzheimer’s amyloid hypothesis ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure (2019)

Re:Alzheimer’s amyloid hypothesis ‘cabal’ thwarted progress ... by jjtheblunt on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @08:54PM (#31830831)

> less politically driven funding agencies

what agencies are more free from politicians manipulating their funding? (this sounds hopeful)

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Re:Alzheimer’s amyloid hypothesis ‘cabal’ thwarted progress ... by nextos on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @09:24PM (#31831010)

I was referring to academic politics. That is, professors steering funding to their niches and trying to dry out alternative ideas.

I think DARPA and other agencies trying to imitate them (e.g. Wellcome Leap) are less prone to manipulation and much more fact-driven. Howard Hughes Medical Institute is also good.

As a European, I hate ERC. In some cases, they have not even bothered to discontinue funding principal investigators known to have committed fraud and who had to retract major publications.

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