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In our latest attempts to make lab rats immortal, a new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice. This is a rare case where the title isn't even clickbait.

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[โ€“] gibmiser@lemmy.world 82 points 4 weeks ago (18 children)

In a mouse model. The mice don't have alzheimers they have... something we gave them that looks like it... Hopefully it is similar enough

[โ€“] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Happy to see Lemmy has a "in a rat"-guy as well.

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