[ongytenes]

One thing to look at is Alzheimer's. The current leading theory is that a build up of amyloid protein is the root cause of this disease. It would be wonderful if someone connected the dots to find the reason for the build up and they're able to develop a treatment to prevent the onset of the disease.

[mschuster91]

> The current leading theory is that a build up of amyloid protein is the root cause of this disease

That's ... controversial, a few years ago fraud allegations surfaced [1].

[1] https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/for-researchers/explaining-amy...

[criddell]

Reading that link, it sounds like the build up of amyloid protein is still the current leading theory.