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In our latest attempts to make lab rats immortal, a new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice. This is a rare case where the title isn't even clickbait.

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[–] halfsalesman@piefed.social 10 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Scientific advancements often seem like the only good news we ever seem to get.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Don't worry, they'll get monetized to hell.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 0 points 13 hours ago

While often true, they still end up making life better for millions of people often enough to be worth it.

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