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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan drug status to eplontersen, an investigational therapy that seeks to prevent the buildup of toxic…

My alarm goes off at 5:30 every morning, and I mute it as quickly as possible to avoid waking my husband, Aubrey (if he’s even…

The toxic transthyretin (TTR) clumps that form in people with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) caused by Val30Met, the most common disease-causing mutation, are structurally…

Has the COVID-19 pandemic been keeping all of us up at night? According to an online forum by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of…

A man with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) developed eye problems years after he was found to have an uncommon disease-causing mutation called ATTRD18E, according…

We have had warm summer weather here in Auckland, New Zealand, the City of Sails. It’s been clear and sunny, and…

MRI scans of pelvis and leg muscles may serve as a marker of progression and treatment response in people with hereditary transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis, a…

A few days before the new year, I cleaned my backyard deck and accidentally toppled a cactus plant onto my foot. While I walked away…

The vagus nerve, the longest cranial nerve running from the brain through to the abdomen, is wider in people with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)…

Our Christmas tree is almost 24 years old, and it has traveled the world with us. I still remember the day I went shopping for…