Medicine
fromArs Technica
1 week agoWhat's the deal with Alzheimer's disease and amyloid?
Recent retractions of studies on amyloid-β challenge its role in Alzheimer's disease and highlight failures in drug efficacy targeting this protein.
MIT Sloan School of Management recently retracted a study that claimed that the majority of ransomware attacks today are driven by artificial intelligence. This was reported by The Register. The report (note: Wayback Machine) attracted attention by stating that around 80% of attacks in 2024 would use AI techniques. After strong criticism from security researchers, MIT decided to remove the document from its website and announced that a revised version is in the works.
In March 2024, the journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health published the results of a study that explored apple cider vinegar's effects on weight loss. A year and a half later, publisher BMJ Group has issued a retraction of the paper, following the efforts of a team of statisticians to replicate the results. The publisher's announcement cites the presence of "multiple analytical errors" and "irregularities in the data set."