How a real-life Pikachu could help cure Alzheimer’s

They’re a big step up from in-bred lab mice

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We’ve enlisted a whole ark of animals in our hunt to find treatments for Alzheimer’s — ygenetically-engineered mice, rats, chimps, gorillas, orangutans, dogs, and (of course) guinea pigs.

These critters have each helped bring a tiny piece of an incredibly complicated puzzle around what’s broken in…