Why Clinton’s wildly ambitious $20 billion plan to cure Alzheimer’s by 2025 matters

[gotbeer]

Why Clinton’s wildly ambitious $20 billion plan to cure Alzheimer’s by 2025 matters

 

I agree with her on this one.  It'll be interesting to see if anyone else jumps on this, or which one's dismiss it.  At least for me, this could be the swing topic that makes me more likely to vote for him.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

This is like her saying her plan is to cure AIDS because there is currently no cure for Alzheimer's.  There are treatments that can minimize the effects and catching it early is always the best outcome but this is nothing more than a politician speaking out of their ass to buy votes during election time.  I'd respect her on this issue more if she said it was something that needed to be addressed instead of talking about a cure that doesn't exist.     

[Blarg]

She is appealing to the late baby boom generation that is looking at retirement in 10 years.

[red321]

Did you read the article cat?

 

It talks about funding and providing resources for research and building on on progress that has been made, as well as providing funding to help with treatment/care of current patients...not that she will magically snap her fingers and it will be cured.

 

 

 

Tanzi explained that there have been a number of important breakthroughs in Alzheimer's research in recent years — including the discovery of two dozen Alzheimer's genes, the role of inflammation in the disease — but that progress in building on that work has been frustratingly slow because of a lack of resources.

"Our single bottleneck has been funding," he said. "We are a budget-constrained, not knowledge-constrained, field."

Tanzi said it is "reasonable and rational that if we can throw enough money at this disease over the next 10 years we do have a chance of dramatically reducing its incidence, of actually being able to stave off this disease in people who are at the highest risk."

[Blarg]

And once that prescription is filled a drug company gets to hold the public hostage for price per pill after it was a government funded research. Clinton is selling herself to big Pmarma.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Did you read the article cat?

 

It talks about funding and providing resources for research and building on on progress that has been made, as well as providing funding to help with treatment/care of current patients...not that she will magically snap her fingers and it will be cured.

 

 

 

Tanzi explained that there have been a number of important breakthroughs in Alzheimer's research in recent years — including the discovery of two dozen Alzheimer's genes, the role of inflammation in the disease — but that progress in building on that work has been frustratingly slow because of a lack of resources.

"Our single bottleneck has been funding," he said. "We are a budget-constrained, not knowledge-constrained, field."

Tanzi said it is "reasonable and rational that if we can throw enough money at this disease over the next 10 years we do have a chance of dramatically reducing its incidence, of actually being able to stave off this disease in people who are at the highest risk."

 

Again, all pandering to your emotions and the aging boomers talking about a cure when there currently is no cure.  It's all hopeful research which may or may not turn into a cure.  I can easily google and find similar articles talking about funding needed for AIDS, cancer and any other number of diseases which they're working on a cure for.  

 

I'm not against money going towards a worthy cause like this but it's a puff piece with her buying votes.  Politicking at it's finest.  

Edited December 22, 2015 by Catwhoshatinthehat

[mtangelsfan]

nothing like a person in debt talking about the next thing they are going to buy

[juansavage1]

I think we should put 20 billion into each disease so that in 2025 there aren't any diseases left. 

[Amazing Larry]

"I'm going to vote for Hillary because dab nabbit she's gonna cure Alzheimers! Wait... where the hell am I?"

[ABC]

Smart message. Parents and middle aged children worried about Alz.

[wopphil]

Not to be a cynic, but isn't it true that no disease has ever been cured? Isn't that most likely becauses diseases aren't cureable?