r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 PhD | Psychology | Neuroscience • 13d ago

Neuroscience Boosting brain’s waste removal system improves memory in old mice | Researchers found that rejuvenating the lymphatic vessels in the brain enhanced recognition memory and restored synaptic function through an interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathway.

https://medicine.washu.edu/news/boosting-brains-waste-removal-system-improves-memory-in-old-mice/
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u/Potential_Being_7226 PhD | Psychology | Neuroscience 13d ago

This experimental treatment is not yet ready for use in humans. 

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u/waltwalt 13d ago

That's usually the answer. I wonder if under the new government they will allow less ethical experiments to take place.

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u/Valdularo 13d ago

Why are you advocating for this? That’s really scary level thinking.

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u/waltwalt 13d ago

I'm not advocating for it, I'm just predicting where companies will go when they can just bribe the president directly for an EO to do whatever they want.

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u/Valdularo 13d ago

Ah ok cool. Thanks for clarifying.