WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2024 — In June 2024, a landmark Alzheimer’s research paper was retracted due to fraud allegations. Did we waste billions of dollars and thousands of hours of scientists’ time? Maybe not. There are now two potentially helpful drugs on the market targeting the subject of the paper: amyloid beta. This video breaks down the amyloid-beta hypothesis, the fraud itself and where we go from here.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2024 — In June 2024, a landmark Alzheimer’s research paper was retracted due to fraud allegations. Did we waste billions of dollars and thousands of hours of scientists’ time? Maybe not. There are now two potentially helpful drugs on the market targeting the subject of the paper: amyloid beta. This video breaks down the amyloid-beta hypothesis, the fraud itself and where we go from here.
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Diana Fleming. (August 26, 2024). How a retracted paper affected the course of Alzheimer’s research (video). Scienmag. https://scienmag.com/how-a-retracted-paper-affected-the-course-of-alzheimers-research-video/
Diana Fleming. "How a retracted paper affected the course of Alzheimer’s research (video)." Scienmag, 26 August 2024, https://scienmag.com/how-a-retracted-paper-affected-the-course-of-alzheimers-research-video/. Accessed 3 September 2026.
Diana Fleming. "How a retracted paper affected the course of Alzheimer’s research (video)." Scienmag. August 26, 2024. https://scienmag.com/how-a-retracted-paper-affected-the-course-of-alzheimers-research-video/
