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…
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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…
RNA-targeted therapies — ones that zero in on molecules acting as messengers for genetic information in cells — are safe and effective at slowing the…
HATTR-PN
NewsHereditary ATTR presents with more severe nerve damage
Polyneuropathy, or widespread nerve damage, occurs in both hereditary and wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), but the hereditary form, which includes familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP),…
Undergoing a liver transplant and/or receiving disease-modifying treatments significantly improves survival in people with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR), a group of diseases that includes hATTR…
Onpattro (patisiran) safely and effectively helps adults with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) caused by a V122I or T60A genetic mutation keep their disease…
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