Art Still has ATTR amyloidosis, an inherited heart condition that dramatically impacts Black men and the former Kansas City ...

Different types of systemic amyloidosis are recognized depending on the type of precursor protein of the amyloid fibril. [3] The three main types are amyloid A amyloidosis (AA), immunoglobulin ...

The type of treatment will depend on the kind of amyloidosis you have. It will likely include medication, such as chemotherapy or corticosteroids. It could also involve a procedure, such as a ...

Amyloid proteins are a type of protein that cannot be broken down by the body. Because of this, these proteins build up in your cells and organs, causing a variety of symptoms like pain ...

A Phase III trial evaluating nex-z in transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy is underway, with plans for another ...

[Yancy 2013;15a; Ash 2020;3a,4d] Transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis, caused by aggregation of its eponymous protein, which can be divided into two distinct types: Hereditary (or familial) TTR ...

Hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR) is a type of amyloidosis, which is a group of diseases where abnormal proteins (amyloids) build up and damage areas of the body. When the ...

This is a highly conserved invariant plasma glycoprotein that, as a result of specific calcium-dependent binding to all types of amyloid fibril, becomes highly concentrated in amyloid deposits.

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Dufferin County has proclaimed March as Amyloidosis Awareness Month to help bring awareness to the rare, incurable and fatal disease.

124 I-evuzamitide PET/CT imaging offers an exciting opportunity to noninvasively detect various types of amyloid deposition in the heart and other organs. As cardiac amyloidosis has high morbidity ...