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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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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

There is no drug that can restore neurons lost.

Might be a stupid question, but could stem cells do that?

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

You should really look up human brain organoids, how they are created, and what we are doing with them. You can rent one and make it..do..think things. Sometimes they grow eyes.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

Sometimes they grow eyes.

They don't just randomly sprout eyes, you have to give them the hormone that makes eyes develop to have them start.

[–] clunkplunk@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

The most recent Radiolab episode was on exactly that topic.

https://radiolab.org/podcast/brain-balls