Among familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) patients carrying the most common FAP-causing mutation Val30Met, treatment with tafamidis meglumine is most effective when given at the…
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A noninvasive test that measures axonal excitability, or the processes that underlie electrical impulses along nerve fibers, could distinguish between the early and later stages…
Treatment with Amvuttra (vutrisiran) may ease heart damage in people with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), a new analysis of the HELIOS-A Phase 3 clinical…
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NewsMuscle ultrasound may help monitor FAP severity
The parameters of muscle ultrasound, which uses sound waves to make pictures of muscles, are significantly different among people with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP),…
A study of people carrying mutations known to cause familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) found that those with disease symptoms had significantly higher levels of…
Abnormalities in capillaries, or very small blood vessels, and inflammation from increased blood clotting may contribute to nerve damage, or neuropathy, in advanced familial…
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ColumnsNavigating the shift from winter to spring as a neuropathy caregiver
March signals a change in seasons, often accompanied by a change in temperatures. Caregivers of patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) must be mindful…
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has taken to the road, literally, in a campaign aimed at driving home the importance of people knowing their family health history…
Regulatory authorities in China have authorized YolTech Therapeutics to launch a Phase 1 clinical trial testing YOLT-201, a one-time gene-editing therapy, in people with…
For this year’s Amyloidosis Awareness Month — observed each March to call attention to these protein disorders and the people they affect — the…
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