Blood levels of signaling molecules that promote tissue scarring, or fibrosis, are elevated in people with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), and higher levels of…
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Minimally invasive skin biopsies may be used to diagnose transthyretin amyloidosis and guide treatment in people with the rare progressive disease, according to the findings…
People with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) live longer when the disease is diagnosed and treated earlier, with treatment benefits being much smaller in older…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted a clinical hold on a Phase 3 clinical trial testing the investigational gene-editing therapy, nexiguran ziclumeran…
More than half of adults with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (hATTR-CM), a condition marked by heart damage, also have multi-nerve damage, according to…
HATTR-PN
NewsMRI detects brain changes before hATTR-PN symptoms begin
MRI scans detect brain changes in adults with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (hATTR-PN) before symptoms appear, according to a study. While these changes…
Treatments that target the transthyretin (TTR) protein, either by stabilizing it or reducing its production, were associated with about a one-third lower risk of death…
The number of people diagnosed with transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) in the U.S. is climbing, a surge researchers attribute to better medical awareness and more…
Nerve ultrasound — a scan that uses high-frequency sound waves to create real-time images of the body’s nerves — may be used to monitor signs…
Adults who carry the Val30Met, or V30M, mutation — the most common cause of early-onset hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (hATTR-PN) — often develop heart…
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