I think the controversy you mentioned has to do with the causative nature of the amyloid plaques. Decades of research/therapeutics targeting the plaques have not produced improved clinical outcomes, the current thinking is that the plaques are a consequence of whatever else is causing alzie.
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I think the controversy you mentioned has to do with the causative nature of the amyloid plaques. Decades of research/therapeutics targeting the plaques have not produced improved clinical outcomes, the current thinking is that the plaques are a consequence of whatever else is causing alzie.