How Not to Study a Disease
The Story of Alzheimer's
- Hardcover
264 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2021
Summary
For decades, some of our best and brightest medical scientists have dedicated themselves to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. What happened? Where is the cure? The biggest breakthroughs occurred twenty-five years ago, with little progress since.
In How Not to Study a Disease, neurobiologist Karl Herrup explains why the Alzheimer’s discoveries of the 1990s didn’t bear fruit and maps a direction for future research. Herrup describes the research, explains what’s taking so…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262045902 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262045907 |
| Author: | Karl Herrup |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“In How Not to Study a Disease, a lucid, knowledgeable, but not entirely objective critique of the field of Alzheimer’s research, Karl Herrup, a professor of neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, analyzes this challenge. He describes the complexity of even defining the disease; tells of the excitement of Alzheimer’s research in the 1990s, when its cause was thought to be understood and treatments seemed imminent; and charts the long and expensive trickle of disappointment in the decades since, as it has become clear that the disease is much more complicated than was initially thought. As his title signals, Herrup criticizes the field for its adherence to a causal theory of Alzheimer’s that he argues does not hold up.”
—New York Review of Books
About The Author
Karl Herrup
Karl Herrup is Professor of Neurobiology and an Investigator in the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also Adjunct Professor of Life Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he was formerly Head of Life Sciences.
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