[Hegemony Cricket]

It is my great hope that one of these days Alzheimer’s will be just a vague memory...

[Peter Libra]

This, if hopes are realized, may rank with Sir Alexander Fleming and his penicillin research. Noble work. A bit over the top on my part, but I must put my reaction down.

God be praised.

[fightinJAG]

Wow! I get a google news alert on Enbrel, but nothing on this has come up yet. Thanks!

[dandelion]

This treatment is available NOW! There is a strong possibility that anyone who loves an Alzheimer patient could ask for - and get - their GP to prescribe this drug to great effect right away.

It truly could be a moment to praise God for all who are fighting this terrible disease...

[Ditto]

This simply can’t be. Politicians have told us they need to spend billions for embryonic stem cell research to cure Alzheimer’s (and Parkinson’s and Cancer and toe fungus and ..... ) < / s >

[fishergirl]

Thanks for this article. My mother-in-law suffers from Alzheimers. However, it would probably take an act of Congress to get her stupid GP to try anything like this. A few weeks ago he took her off her Alzheimers meds, some kind of “trial and error” thing. She immediately began to get worse. She’s back on the medication now, but, to me, this would definitely be worth trying. Her GP is an idiot. And believe me - we’ve tried to get both she and my father-in-law to change doctors, but to no avail.

[Cacique]

btt

[sjeann]

ping!

[CholeraJoe]

Oh man is this going to cost alot! A dose of Enbrel costs about $900. If everyone with Alzheimer’s gets one shot per month, that’s $45 million a month or half a billion per year.

Don’t count on Medicare being solvent when we get ready for it.

[Billthedrill]

OMG. I worked on the team that brought Enbrel (Etanercept) to market. It's been for rheumatoid arthritis until now but when I was onboard the head of research used to like to wave a paper around with over a hundred possible indications on it.

Crossing my fingers on this one. BTT.

[gridlock]

If we cure Alzheimer’s, what will the advocates of Embryonic Stem Cell Research use to justify the destruction of human embryos?

[Steve_Seattle]

My ex’s dad has advanced AZ. I’m forwarding this article to my ex.

[Signalman]

Results today for AMGEN

47.65+1.32 / +2.85% Jan 09

[Integrityrocks]

Wow. Now that’s news. GOOD news and this treatment can be accomplished without aborting babies and harvesting parts.

[Peter W. Kessler]

This means I could get my Grandmother back.

Praise God

[CholeraJoe]

Amgen (AMGN: NASDAQ) closed up $1.32 today. That’s the maker.

[aculeus]

Worth a (fingers crossed) WOW!

[RXSalesman]

http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/08/news/companies/alzheimers/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote

[LibWhacker]

Wow, hope it’s true. My maternal grandmother died of this. It was horrible, and it took forever. In the end, she had the cognition of a mouse, maybe less. Didn’t recognize anyone or anything and didn’t understand a thing going on around her — and was scared out of her wits by it all. No one deserves that. Well, maybe bin Laden.

[OKSooner]

Ping.