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Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say (futurism.com)
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In our latest attempts to make lab rats immortal, a new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice. This is a rare case where the title isn't even clickbait.

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[–] halfsalesman@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago

Of course, medical reversal of Alzheimer's is not the same as reversing the brain damage that was already caused by it. Its more like they've potentially identified a way of stopping the bleeding, depending on how transferable this or a similar method is to humans.