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An Existential Crisis for Alzheimer's Research?

An Existential Crisis for Alzheimer's Research?

Better Brain Fitness (a Brainjo Production) · Josh Turknett, MD

February 28, 202621m 18s

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Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss a study published in PLOS One that compared living brain tissue to post-mortem brain tissue and found dramatic molecular differences between the two.

The findings raise serious questions about decades of Alzheimer's research built on post-mortem analysis and may help explain why pharmaceutical treatments for the disease have been so disappointing Study: A Study of RNA Splicing and Protein Expression in the Living Human Brain

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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.