Landmark Alzheimer's Study Possibly Faked: 16 Years of Research Misdirected?

A landmark 2006 Nature study on Alzheimer's disease, which proposed the amyloid hypothesis (that amyloid-beta protein is the cause), may have been based on fabricated images. This has cast doubt on 16 years of research and funding allocation. A whistleblower revealed potential image manipulation, prompting an investigation. Millions of dollars in research funding may have been wasted, and more importantly, millions of Alzheimer's patients may have missed out on effective treatments. The investigation is ongoing, and the research community is reevaluating its approach to Alzheimer's research, advocating for broader funding distribution to prevent similar incidents.