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The outlook for transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is changing with the availability of new and emerging treatments. ATTR now appears to be more common than…

Hereditary transthyretin (hATTR) amyloidosis is a rare, systemic, progressive, and life-threatening disease in which transthyretin proteins misfold and aggregate as…

The liver-derived, circulating transport protein transthyretin (TTR) is the cause of systemic hereditary (ATTRv) and wild-type (ATTRwt) amyloidosis. TTR…

Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL) commonly presents with nephrotic range proteinuria, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, nondiabetic…

This edition features the experience of AL amyloidosis patient Linda Woolfe. Linda has been diagnosed with AL amyloidosis for 5 years and faced a long wait until…

Amyloidosis refers to a group of deposition diseases in which proteins with unstable structures misfold and aggregate into amyloid fibrils that deposit in different…

Amyloidosis refers to a group of diseases caused by deposits of abnormal proteins, known as amyloid, in one or more organs of the body. Deposition of amyloid in the…

Dr Simon Gibbs is a consultant haematologist (Myeloma/Amyloidosis Lead) at the Department of Clinical Haematology Eastern Health (Melbourne), Director of the…

Patients receiving chemotherapy for other conditions that are not AL amyloidosis are often told to "drink plenty" to avoid dehydration. But in AL amyloidosis, this…

The global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection causing the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has…