A doctor argues nitric oxide could address Alzheimer's by improving blood flow to the brain, fixing insulin resistance, and preventing protein misfolding. A skeptic counters that billions have been spent on similar approaches without success.
Alzheimer's is a huge problem. 50 million people. It's expected to triple in the next six years. And nitric oxide addresses everything we know about Alzheimer's. Reduced blood flow through PET scans or functional MRIs. There's ischemia and focal ischemia. Certain regions of the brain, we get insulin resistance. You can't get glucose into the cells. And then we get misholding of proteins. So what does nitric oxide do? Well, it dilates the cerebral arteries. It improves glucose uptake, improves insulin sensitivity. It prevents protein misfolding simply by restoring nitric oxide. I think it will completely eradicate Alzheimer's disease.
Oh, my God. That's quite a statement, because billions of dollars have been poured into this and there has been no.
Solution yet because they're going after the wrong target. You know, these drug companies have misspent billions of public money on going after the consequence of disease. And there's a reason these drugs don't work. It's because they're targeting the consequence. So let's target the root cause of Alzheimer's.
