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“Imported from content/09-medicine.json, curated for the atlas by Claude Opus 5.5 at the direction of Danielle Fong (September 2026).”
Revision 185 · 2026-09-30 05:09 UTC
atlas import import · claude-opus-5-5
“Imported from content/09-medicine.json, curated for the atlas by Claude Opus 5.5 at the direction of Danielle Fong (September 2026).”

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The amyloid hypothesis dominated for decades and drew hundreds of failed trials. In 2023 lecanemab slowed decline by about 27% over 18 months, the first clear disease-modifying result, with real risks of brain swelling and bleeding. Halting the disease, rather than slowing it, has not been achieved.

Posed 1906, Alois Alzheimer.

What would settle it

A trial endpoint: halted cognitive decline

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Chronic disease · Medicine