Cancer foils alzheimer plaque... irony?

[Maxmars]

I'm not sure if there can be a winner... but perhaps researchers can use this to our benefit... maybe... I hope.

When Cancer Protects the Brain From Alzheimer’s
 

The epidemiological puzzle kept gnawing at researchers for years. Cancer patients, for all their suffering, seemed to dodge Alzheimer’s at remarkably high rates. It seemed like a cruel statistical anomaly—two devastating diseases that rarely struck the same person. But was it coincidence, or something deeper? The question demanded investigation.

Unless I misunderstand... it seems the troublesome protein-folding that actually creates "plaque" causing the alzheimer's symptoms cant function where some cancers are present...
 

... They’ve discovered that cancer cells are secretly manufacturing a molecular weapon against Alzheimer’s plaques, one that’s been hiding in plain sight. And the mechanism, sketched in meticulous detail, reads like a case of accidental neuroprotection.

... Not that I mind terribly the inevitable mind pabulum... but I would debate the idea of "accidental."
Or at least question it.
 

The research establishes that peripheral signals can reshape brain immunity. It reveals that mobilising resident microglia to attack established amyloid may be more feasible than stopping its formation. Whether that translates to therapy remains genuinely uncertain. But the mechanism itself—how one disease could accidentally protect against another—hints at the brain’s remarkable capacity to be reshaped by what the body surrounding it decides to do.