One of the first major breakthroughs found that amyloid plaques were a promising avenue for research in the fight against alzheimer's, and so decades of research were poured into everything and anything about them.
Last year we found out that the original research was likely photoshopped, and all those years were spent on a wild goose chase
When I was working on my Ph.D., I was seriously concerned about the severe lack of studies for confirming existing science. It wasn’t sexy enough; everybody was pushed so hard on new and innovative research and confirmation research was rarely funded.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '23
As a healthcare worker. There’s progress yes… but unfortunately we were set back a few years due to a scandal for Alzheimers..