Suddenly the amyloid theory of Alzheimer's is beginning to be scrutinized more skeptically -- something that us AVXL investors have been saying for years no longer seems so lunatic fringe.

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The jury is still out for the amyloid theory, which argues that the accumulation of the sticky protein in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s is actually the root cause of the disease.
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Studies have shown that removing the amyloid plaques that congregate between the synapses in the brain, the ones used to definitively diagnose Alzheimer’s during an autopsy, isn’t enough to reverse the disease’s mental impairment.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-1...ug-setback