Systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare and life-threatening disorder characterized by the deposition of misfolded immunoglobulin light chains as insoluble amyloid fibrils in various tissues ...

New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease faster and more accurately, researchers reported Sunday – but ...

Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Colorectal Cancer: Too Good to Be True? Despite significant progress and improving outcomes in the management of plasma cell disorders, AL amyloidosis remains ...

Transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is caused by amyloid deposits composed of a blood protein called transthyretin (TTR). It can be hereditary or non-hereditary ("wild-type"). The build-up of these ...

A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis in the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, researchers have leveraged microscopy techniques to shed light on ...

Multiple myeloma and amyloidosis begin the same way – in plasma cells, white blood cells that help your immune system. But multiple myeloma (MM) is a rare blood cancer while amyloidosis is a buildup ...

The bar for quality in cardiac amyloid radionuclide imaging is very high because the results from a single imaging scan can impact the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a devastating disease.” ...

Key points A 40-year-old woman presented to her family physician with a new subcutaneous mass in the right lower quadrant of her abdomen, along with nonspecific systemic symptoms, including occasional ...