pierre, just read the co-ag free screening site and it looks like the publication of PBT2/ zinc paper was the result of a secondary process which is not free. If that is the case everybody may have known about PBT2 being a positive hit compound for some time and Prana may have contributed to the ongoing research which resulted in the publication.
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There is interesting info on this site
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http://www.co-add.org/content/free-screening?_ga=2.209683986.1666720412.1552469242-953652016.1552469242Something does not seem to add up here. Why the surprise UQ publication given the above statement.
