Comments on: Cancer Drug Today, Alzheimer’s Drug Tomorrow? Hopeful Results in Mouse Study http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/13/cancer-drug-today-alzheimers-drug-tomorrow-hopeful-results-in-mouse-study/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Thu, 24 May 2012 06:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Walt Birchall http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/13/cancer-drug-today-alzheimers-drug-tomorrow-hopeful-results-in-mouse-study/comment-page-1/#comment-3505936 Walt Birchall Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:32:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=34954#comment-3505936 Well it seems to me since this drug has been used 10-15 years for the treatment of skin cancer, there must be thousands of patients out there. Skin cancer is mainly manifested in older people, i.e., people who might also be prone to Alzheimer's disease. why not check on these people to see who might be Alzheimer prone and whether there was also a coresponding improvement for this disease as well as the skin cancer that was treated?? Well it seems to me since this drug has been used 10-15 years for the treatment of skin cancer, there must be thousands of patients out there. Skin cancer is mainly manifested in older people, i.e., people who might also be prone to Alzheimer’s disease. why not check on these people to see who might be Alzheimer prone and whether there was also a coresponding improvement for this disease as well as the skin cancer that was treated??

]]> By: Sarah Zhang http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/13/cancer-drug-today-alzheimers-drug-tomorrow-hopeful-results-in-mouse-study/comment-page-1/#comment-3504360 Sarah Zhang Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:43:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=34954#comment-3504360 @Shirley We don't actually know if it's effective in humans yet and we don't know what the effective does would be if it does work. That's what human trials will tell us. Scientific American has a good post on this exact topic http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/02/13/patients-clamor-for-alzheimers-drug-that-shows-promise-in-mice/ @Shirley

We don’t actually know if it’s effective in humans yet and we don’t know what the effective does would be if it does work. That’s what human trials will tell us. Scientific American has a good post on this exact topic http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/02/13/patients-clamor-for-alzheimers-drug-that-shows-promise-in-mice/

]]> By: Shirley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/13/cancer-drug-today-alzheimers-drug-tomorrow-hopeful-results-in-mouse-study/comment-page-1/#comment-3503695 Shirley Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:52:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=34954#comment-3503695 The drug is being used for Skin Cancer...so it is safe for humans...YES? Then why not try it on AD patients.... Should we develop skin cancer???? Get the drug....then cure both problems at the same time.... The drug is being used for Skin Cancer…so it is safe for humans…YES? Then why not try it on AD patients….
Should we develop skin cancer???? Get the drug….then cure both problems at the same time….

]]> By: Chris Akes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/13/cancer-drug-today-alzheimers-drug-tomorrow-hopeful-results-in-mouse-study/comment-page-1/#comment-3499116 Chris Akes Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:02:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=34954#comment-3499116 While this seems like a very exciting discovery, it would be nice if other scientists could replicate its seemingly to-good-to-be-true results themselves in relevant mouse populations. Time should not be an issue given that improvements were alleged to be so dramatic and immediate. While this seems like a very exciting discovery, it would be nice if other scientists could replicate its seemingly to-good-to-be-true results themselves in relevant mouse populations. Time should not be an issue given that improvements were alleged to be so dramatic and immediate.

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