'Copper drug restores memory and clears toxic Alzheimer's proteins.' Great news, if you're a mouse (monash.edu)
The compound has already passed safety evaluations for other diseases, which the release frames as a fast path to human trials. The first reply set the tone: 'Great news! If you are a mouse.'
The real reversal is the science underneath. A developer quoted chemist Derek Lowe's verdict that amyloid-directed therapies 'truly, truly do not appear to be the answer' — and a son caring for a parent with the disease explained why amyloid removal hasn't stopped decline.
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