Edit: This has been discussed in other places. The chemical used for the treatment is very carcinogenic, and while this experiment seems to work on mouse brains, almost every time a "reverse alzheimers" med gets to this stage it fails completely in the human trial.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 34 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Not a helpful comment.

It sucks that the world is so shit that makes people this cynical. I wish things were better.

[–] something183786@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

Ok. Let’s pretend that’s what happens. Many people would gladly make that trade if they kept / recovered brain function. Of course, it would depend on many things like how pain and timeline of the cancer vs dementia.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 10 points 15 hours ago

Jokes on them. My mom has both. Yeah.it fucking sucks.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 9 points 11 hours ago

Well, pretty much everyone gets cancer of they live long enough.

I'll take it.

[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

No. What do you get out of lying about this?