« California Seeks Thermostat Control | Main | Ezra Levant’s opening statement »
January 12, 2008
Effects of Alzheimer's Reversed in Minutes
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080109091102.htm
The new study documents a dramatic and unprecedented therapeutic effect in an Alzheimer’s patient: improvement within minutes following delivery of perispinal etanercept, which is etanercept given by injection in the spine. Etanercept (trade name Enbrel) binds and inactivates excess TNF. Etanercept is FDA approved to treat a number of immune-mediated disorders and is used off label in the study.
The use of anti-TNF therapeutics as a new treatment choice for many diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and potentially even Alzheimer’s, was recently chosen as one of the top 10 health stories of 2007 by the Harvard Health Letter.
Technorati tags:
Delicious tags:
Folksonomy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share web pages.
Posted by Rob Kiser on January 12, 2008 at 07:10 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:>
http://www.peeniewallie.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1540
Comments