<story><title>Chemical clears Alzheimer&apos;s protein and restores memory in mice</title><url>http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151208/ncomms9997/full/ncomms9997.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>blisterpeanuts</author><text>This is heartening news; if not a cure, at least it suggests a promising avenue for future research into this terrible condition.&lt;p&gt;This LiveScience[1] article is an easily read summary that also mentions a critique of the approach.&lt;p&gt;Given the unfortunate history[2][3] of falsified Korean scientific research, it would be prudent to withhold judgment until these results have been reproduced in other labs around the world.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.livescience.com&amp;#x2F;53019-epps-chemical-washes-away-alzheimers-plaque.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.livescience.com&amp;#x2F;53019-epps-chemical-washes-away-a...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;asia&amp;#x2F;27clone.html?_r=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;asia&amp;#x2F;27clone.html?_r...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;to-your-health&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;researcher-who-spiked-rabbit-blood-to-fake-hiv-vaccine-results-slapped-with-rare-prison-sentence&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;to-your-health&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;0...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wobbleblob</author><text>Ever since a family member was diagnosed with Alzheimer&amp;#x27;s, I&amp;#x27;ve been paying attention to reports like these. Every other year, there is a paper about a major breakthrough, and surely a cure should be just around the corner any time now.&lt;p&gt;Every few years there is a paper that claims that we now finally know what causes the disease, and every time it&amp;#x27;s something different, and every time you never hear of a followup.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s about 3 decades later now, and as far as I can tell, there is still no actual progress in the way of treatment. An alzheimer&amp;#x27;s diagnosis still means the same as it did in the 80&amp;#x27;s or in the 60&amp;#x27;s for that matter.&lt;p&gt;About this cure that is just around the corner. It came too late for my grandparents generation, it came too late for my parents&amp;#x27; generation, it came too late for my generation, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be surprised if it came too late for my children&amp;#x27;s generation. I don&amp;#x27;t believe in it any more.</text></comment>
<story><title>Chemical clears Alzheimer&apos;s protein and restores memory in mice</title><url>http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151208/ncomms9997/full/ncomms9997.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>blisterpeanuts</author><text>This is heartening news; if not a cure, at least it suggests a promising avenue for future research into this terrible condition.&lt;p&gt;This LiveScience[1] article is an easily read summary that also mentions a critique of the approach.&lt;p&gt;Given the unfortunate history[2][3] of falsified Korean scientific research, it would be prudent to withhold judgment until these results have been reproduced in other labs around the world.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.livescience.com&amp;#x2F;53019-epps-chemical-washes-away-alzheimers-plaque.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.livescience.com&amp;#x2F;53019-epps-chemical-washes-away-a...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;asia&amp;#x2F;27clone.html?_r=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;asia&amp;#x2F;27clone.html?_r...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;to-your-health&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;researcher-who-spiked-rabbit-blood-to-fake-hiv-vaccine-results-slapped-with-rare-prison-sentence&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;to-your-health&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;0...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>decisiveness</author><text>This seems like a pretty unfair generalization of Koreans.  Assuming all scientists have the same shameful characteristics of a few doesn&amp;#x27;t seem very scientific, does it?</text></comment>