Quest Diagnostics has introduced a new blood test aimed at assisting physicians in confirming amyloid brain pathology related ...

Worley was part of a team that showed how the loss of one of the two proteins used in the test disrupts synapses and leads to ...

Treatment modalities include liver transplantation for transthyretin-related (ATTR) amyloidosis, elimination of inflammation in amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis and intensive chemotherapy in ...

PET/CT, the first pan-amyloid diagnostic imaging agent, demonstrated 100% sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis ...

Peelman diagnoses her clients for amyloidosis by taking biopsies of their hand tissue during carpel tunnel surgery. The biopsy is then sent to a lab to be analyzed. Surprising results have found ...

Vutrisiran improved all-cause mortality and recurrent CV independent of disease severity in cardiac amyloidosis. Regardless of cutoffs, vutrisiran also improved various health and quality of life ...

The most common nonfamilial forms of amyloidosis that involve the kidney are the AL (amyloid light chain) and AA (serum amyloid A) types. These two forms require different treatment strategies ...