Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat are some recent breakthroughs or findings that haven't received much attention?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12
arrow-up1145arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some recent breakthroughs or findings that haven't received much attention?Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareMaxHardwood@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agoDementia may be caused by a prion
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoDon’t fucking tell me that. Prions scare the shit out of me and so does dementia. It’s like now they are evil super friends.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year ago"Although the causal link between protein aggregates and neurodegeneration is clear, " That’s actually not clear at all. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/alzheimers-lack-of-beta-amyloid-not-plaque-buildup-may-be-the-culprit#:~:text=However%2C many people accumulate amyloid,of soluble amyloid beta protein. Prion may still be the cause of the misfolds, but be skeptical of the causality.
Dementia may be caused by a prion
Don’t fucking tell me that. Prions scare the shit out of me and so does dementia. It’s like now they are evil super friends.
"Although the causal link between protein aggregates and neurodegeneration is clear, "
That’s actually not clear at all.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/alzheimers-lack-of-beta-amyloid-not-plaque-buildup-may-be-the-culprit#:~:text=However%2C many people accumulate amyloid,of soluble amyloid beta protein.
Prion may still be the cause of the misfolds, but be skeptical of the causality.