How Not to Study a Disease: The Story of Alzheimer's (The MIT Press)
How Not to Study a Disease: The Story of Alzheimer's (The MIT Press) by Karl Herrup
English | October 5th, 2021 | ISBN: 0262045907 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 15.09 MB
English | October 5th, 2021 | ISBN: 0262045907 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 15.09 MB
An authority on Alzheimer's disease offers a history of past failures and a roadmap that points us in a new direction in our journey to a cure.
For decades, some of our best and brightest medical scientists have dedicated themselves to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease. What happened? Where is the cure? The biggest breakthroughs occurred twenty-five years ago, with little progress since. In How Not to Study a Disease, neurobiologist Karl Herrup explains why the Alzheimer's discoveries of the 1990s didn't bear fruit and maps a direction for future research. Herrup describes the research, explains what's taking so long, and offers an approach for resetting future research.
Herrup offers a unique insider's perspective, describing the red flags that science ignored in the rush to find a cure. He is unsparing in calling out the stubbornness, greed, and bad advice that has hamstrung the field, but his final message is a largely optimistic one. Herrup…
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