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COMMENT It's important to remember not only that the most compelling evidence for Aβ as a driver of Alzheimer's disease is, as Dennis mentions, the human genetic data, but that this is most relevant to the genetic form of AD. The driver(s) of the more ...
COMMENT The study is well-done, which is not surprising considering who did it. The authors are quite properly cautious about the long-term therapeutic implications since their molecule is a long way from being a drug; nevertheless, many projects have begun this ...
COMMENT See also Jessica Young's recent paper, which also shows tau effects in AD patient-derived neurons independent of APP (Young et al., 2018). As for a small molecule corrector of ApoE4 deficits, yes, that is one approach, but I would argue that a more ...
COMMENT This duet of papers represents the swan song of one of the deepest thinkers into the fundamental biology of neurodegeneration, our recently departed friend Sue Lindquist, who sadly died a few months ago. The papers illustrate the magnificent creativeness ...
COMMENT The work seems carefully done, and the results are clearly presented. I also think it represents an important attempt to get at a central problem in neuodegenerative diseases in general (and ALS in particular): the issue of selective vulnerability. Take ...
