Science Magazine Podcast — Why an early Alzheimer’s theory is making a comeback, the U.S.’s electricity crisis, and improving precision medicine

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Why an early Alzheimer’s theory is making a comeback, the U.S.’s electricity crisis, and improving precision medicine

Science Magazine Podcast

First up on the podcast, producer Kevin McLean talks with staff writer Jennie Erin Smith about a new old idea for Alzheimer’s disease. They discuss how the cholinergic hypothesis originally came about, how it fell out of fashion, and why it’s making a comeback now. Next on the show, the United States can make more…

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