Alzheimer's: 20 years wasted on fraudulent research
Foundational Alzheimer's Study Retracted After Evidence of Data Manipulation
Special post: Wasted-20 years that could have found a solution to Alzheimer’s
This matter is raw for me today for two reasons:
I just read that the medical research community has wasted billions of dollars, nearly 20 years of research and more importantly- millions of lives impacted by a fraudulent study. It led to other research down the same road because of its promising results- results which turn out to be created fraudulently. alzheimers-study manipulation
Just a few days ago I learned a friend of mine was having to leave her husband of 50 years to be institutionalized because of Alzheimer’s. This is the first of my peers -my friends- to succumb to this tragic living death.
So to learn of 20 years wasted- 20 years that could have found a solution to Alzheimer’s —is beyond words.
I call such intentional data manipulation “fraudulent”. Being uncertain if that is too harsh a word I reviewed the meaning of “fraud”. It includes elements of:
“intentional or reckless misrepresentation of fact by words, conduct or silence in the face of a duty to disclose” article-fraud
You decide if this is study was fraudulent:
A 2006 landmark Alzheimer’s study published in the journal Nature has been retracted after investigators uncovered manipulated images, calling into question nearly two decades of research and treatment strategies
As a result of this data manipulation, billions of dollars in research funding and drug development have been wasted on treatments targeting amyloid plaques, while other potential causes of Alzheimer’s, such as metabolic dysfunction and inflammation, were largely ignored alzheimers-study manipulation
So for the last nearly 20 years I have been hearing on radio talk shows and reading in magazines about amyloid plaques as the primary cause of Alzheimer's disease.
Not so apparently.
Forensic image analysis has revealed that the data was altered — This called into question not only the validity of the findings of that individual paper, but also the integrity of the broader amyloid hypothesis. .. Researchers assumed that targeting this protein could slow or even halt Alzheimer's progression. alzheimers-study manipulation
video on this fraud:
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The topic of Alzheimer’s is vitally important to just about everyone.
If a parent doesn’t have it, you worry that they will develop it. If I don’t have it I am concerned that I will get it. If my wife doesn’t have it I am afraid she will.
Unlike health challenges such as say cancer which can typically be treated, but if unfortunately, the treatment fails, the person passes into eternity. But Alzheimer’s is a living slow death: 7 to 10 years. 7-10 A massive challenge for the afflicted herself/himself. I cannot imagine the anguish of having to realize that I have started having “good days and bad days” - when I’m cognizant or not. And that I have transitioned from being someone who can help care for others to someone needing care.
So to have wasted 20 years of precious research time working down a dead end road because of fraudulent manipulation of the data and images, should make anyone with a heart and conscience furious
That is what The Broken Wall of Science is all about. This is a horribly tragic example of my foundational premise: That fraud masquerading as science- every minute of every day- is destroying our wealth, our health, our faith our children and our future 4 ways fraud
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