Trials are underway that are going to determine whether certain promising treatments can prevent or cure the underlying causes of Alzheimer's.
Apparently there are proteins called Amyloid Precursor Proteins. The function of these molecules is not yet understood, but it is known that enzymes break these proteins into smaller pieces of varying lengths, and it is a certain length of these pieces that adheres to nerve cells and eventually causes those cells to die.
There are apparently treatments being investigated that may keep those problematic lengths of protein from adhering to the nerve cells, or will keep them from being generated.
From the link below: "Another approach currently being investigated is the removal of the amyloid plaques or proteins that form in the brain. In 2014, researchers from Stanford University published the ground breaking results of a study that investigated the function of microglia in amyloid plaque formation. Microglia are resident macrophages in the central nervous system that are responsible for removing bacteria, viruses and abnormal deposits from the brain in order to maintain its function. The researchers found that nerve cells die when the microglia stop working (which tends to occur as people age) and a protein referred to as EP2 stops the microglia from functioning efficiently. By blocking this protein, the team found the normal function of microglia was restored, which allowed them to clean up the sticky amyloid plaques which accumulate in Alzheimer’s disease. When a drug was used to block EP2 in mice, the researchers found that memory loss was reversed in the animals as well as many other symptoms of the disease."
The progress being made may be too late to help my mother, who is in the final stages of Alzheimer's, but there's a good chance that people under 50 years old may be able to look forward to a future that does not include Alzheimer's disease.
https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-are-Amyloid-Plaques.aspx
Dr. Drew interviewed Scott Adams recently, and Scott Adams mentioned the absurdity that Republicans went to overthrow the government on Jan 6, but they neglected to bring their guns. On the first or second anniversary of the event, that alleged oversight made the narrative appear absurd to me, so I made a "video" that was supposed to be audio from January 6, captured on a video camera from which the lens cap had not been removed. I'm posting it again just because.
While I was waiting on hold to talk with a human at the IRS, I decided to put some food out for the dogs. I set the full bag of dog food on a chair, and walked away to get the bowls. When I turned around I saw the bag slowly tipping over, spilling much of its contents onto the floor. Fortunately I had help cleaning it up.
This version of the detailed technical paper does not yet have sources listed, and still needs some polishing, but I want to put it out there because you never know what could happen. Whatever does happen, I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that at least its out there.
I guided 3 AI in writing this paper: Lumo, Gemini, and Grok. The Wave Physics framework solves discrepancies between quantum physics and relativity, explains dark matter and dark energy, and more.
A few years ago, just for fun, I started playing around with some ideas regarding a universal theory of energy, matter, etc. I toyed with it from time to time, but as I was getting AI to help me with a website called friendoflearning.com, a series of events led me to getting the AI to help with that theory.
The attached paper is largely the work of two AIs, Grok (xAI's AI assistant) and Gemini (Google''s AI assistant). I provided the early theoretical underpinnings, and guided the creation and editing of the document, but the AIs should get equal credit (at least). The only reason that my name is alone in the author credits is because of current publishing prejudices regarding AI.
I'd like to upload it to the arXiv server, but since I don't work at a university I need an endorsement from someone who has published in the physics.pop-ph (popular physics) category. If you know any one qualified and willing to give that endorsement, this is the link:
https://arxiv.org/auth/endorse?x=3E6LLO
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The main task for today is to begin revising McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader. It may take a couple of weeks, possibly more. I still have to work at Publix, and next week I start a new job in the memory care unit of a rehab/nursing home facility, and I'll also be working at Publix at least one night.
After that I'll take a look at the double-slit experiment, and see if there is an interpretation that is consistent with my theory of wave physics.
Also, I came across the attached meme, which I had created two or three years (or so) ago. I thought I'd include it because I still like it.
