Doctored [electronic resource] : Fraud, Arrogance and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimers
Charles Piller2025
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For readers of Empire of Pain and Dopesick, an arresting deep dive into how
Alzheimer's disease treatment has been set back by corrupt researchers,
negligent regulators, and the profit motives of Big Pharma. Nearly seven million
Americans live with Alzheimer's disease, a tragedy that is already projected to
grow into a $1 trillion crisis by 2050. While families suffer and promises of
pharmaceutical breakthroughs keep coming up short, investigative journalist
Charles Piller's Doctored shows that we've quite likely been walking the wrong
path to finding a cure all along - led astray by a cabal of self-interested
researchers, government accomplices, and corporate greed. Piller begins with a
whistleblower - Vanderbilt professor Matthew Schrag - whose work exposed a
massive scandal. Schrag found that a University of Minnesota lab led by a
precocious young scientist and a renowned director delivered apparently
falsified data at the heart of the leading hypothesis about the diseas...
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Author:
Charles Piller, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Icon Books, 2025
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1 online resource (1 text file) (320 pages, 540471.0 Bytes)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781837732609
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English
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528706
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