We are the first, and we truly had to work for that. It's quite unusual. People are not given to adventures in our field. We've done it and we are very pleased.

However, the effect is moderate, and further studies in younger people and over longer periods of time are needed in order to demonstrate clinical usefulness.

We are trying to find patients at the highest risk and treat them for a longer period of time.

It only shows the feasibility of this approach. It is safe and it can be done, but it is a relatively small study and the time frame on the drug was only two years and generally, in our field, we want to see longer-term studies, so we're not ready to recommend this as a massive way of treating patients.

It's been more work than people think. I've been going from this place to that place doing a lot of appearances. Most of the time I've been in Denver working out; I usually get in the gym at about nine in the morning and don't get out until two in the afternoon. The rest of the day I'm sleeping because I'm tired. It's been tough the last few months.

I just felt jubilation. I thought all the hard work I put in for four years paid off. I'm going to try to do the same thing I did in college at the next level.