Alzheimer's Treatment Mooted

aminorex writes "Enbrel (etanercept) has been immediately, markedly, and consistently effective in all Alzheimer's patients, according to a report in Science Daily. The original research article is available online at the Journal of Neuroinflammation web site. "We can see cognitive and behavioral improvement in a patient with established dementia within minutes of therapeutic intervention" comments one Journal editor." "All Alzheimer's patients" may be over-optimistic, but according to the article, though the research it concerns has been heavily focused on a single patient, "many other patients with mild to severe Alzheimer's received the treatment and all have shown sustained and marked improvement."

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Not surprised, but surprised

[wealthychef]

All I can say, is "wow." This is amazing. But I'm not actually terribly surprised. I can see that one of the major chokepoints to improved science is communication, that is, the ability to quickly research related concepts to an idea. We all know how much the Internet is improving this. Another important barrier is how fast we can iterate over trials, and improvements in technology are making this process faster as well. This process of mutually reinforcing synergy is leading to geometric or even exponential growth, which are both explosively fast. So hold on, folks. Weird stuff is coming. And I love that there is a link to pooping in the article. Nice touch