Alzheimer's disease

5 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 11, 2018 by Vijay Pande · across every show →

Everything said about Alzheimer's disease, oldest first

Jan 11, 2018 negative
Assertion Supported
Pande: Leading Alzheimer's therapeutics only delay progression by six to nine months
“For something like Alzheimer's disease, the leading drug delays Alzheimer's disease by like half a year or three-quarter of a year.”
Vijay Pande Jan 11, 2018 ▶ 21:24 When Biology Moves to Engineering
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
De Grey: Amyloid clearance is solved but requires combination therapies for Alzheimer's
“Well, in one case, Alzheimer's disease, that's also, that's very much in clinical trials, and we basically solve the problem. That can now be eliminated. It doesn't have much effect on Alzheimer's disease on its own, but it's a fair bet that in combination wit…”
Aubrey de Grey Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:26 a16z Podcast | Defeating Aging with Aubrey de Grey
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Rando: Young plasma clinical trial underway for early-onset Alzheimer's patients
“The company based on the kind of this work of the blood transfusions is currently conducting a trial of delivering Plasma from young individuals to patients with early onset Alzheimer's disease.”
Dr. Thomas Rando Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:58 a16z Podcast | The Science Of Extending Life
Sep 15, 2025
Disclosure
Hsu: Arc Institute focuses on Alzheimer's targets and virtual cells
“We have two flagship projects, one trying to find Alzheimer's disease drug targets, the other two make these virtual cells”
Patrick Hsu Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 4:36 Faster Science, Better Drugs
Sep 23, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Bhattacharya: Zostavax shingles vaccine reduces Alzheimer's cognitive decline risk by 20-30%
“A colleague of mine at Stanford did, has this like fantastic paper, he published, set of papers he published using an old shingles vaccine. Called Zostavax. He found that in excellent observational studies that it would, that if you had Zostavax, it reduces th…”
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Sep 23, 2025 ▶ 49:19 Taking Bold Bets: NIH and the Future of Biomedical Science
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