1: A big connectomics study of Drosophila larva was published and made a splash on social media. It was first published on Biorxiv and like many papers, it’s available there open access. You can count on me to cover this kind of thing. Let’s dive in:
#18 - I also didn't believe strobe lights were likely to help when I first heard about it, so priors confirmed I guess. I say that without having actually looked into the literature at all, so I obviously also deserve many science points /s
#19 - Reminds me of various studies on how microglia can destroy synapses in animal models of AD. In combination with the fact that women have a higher prevalence of AD than men, and women have higher rates of autoimmune issues generally, I guess I place some weight on AD eventually turning out to be some kind of microglia autoimmune disease?
#18 - I also didn't believe strobe lights were likely to help when I first heard about it, so priors confirmed I guess. I say that without having actually looked into the literature at all, so I obviously also deserve many science points /s
#19 - Reminds me of various studies on how microglia can destroy synapses in animal models of AD. In combination with the fact that women have a higher prevalence of AD than men, and women have higher rates of autoimmune issues generally, I guess I place some weight on AD eventually turning out to be some kind of microglia autoimmune disease?