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"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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1st FDA-Approved Drug for AL Amyloidosis

January 16, 2021

After decades of relying on treatments approved for other diseases, on January 15, 2021 the FDA approved the first drug for AL Amyloidosis. Truly a game-changing, monumental advancement in the treatment of this disease.

Filed Under: Featured News, What Is Amyloidosis Tagged With: #Andromeda, AL amyloidosis, amyloidosis, amyloidosis clinical trials, amyloidosis news, amyloidosis treatment

Not Just A Game: Protein Structure Prediction

January 10, 2021

One of the greatest biological challenges science has faced is predicting the shape of proteins from its component amino acids. With the number of possible configurations estimated to be 10 to the power of 300, the answers seemed unreachable. Until now.

Filed Under: Featured News, What Is Amyloidosis Tagged With: #alphafold, #alphago, #deepmind, #foldedprotein, #humangenomeproject, #proteinfolding, #proteinstructureprediction, #proteinstructurepredictor, amyloidosis

2020: The Year of the Pivot

January 1, 2021

WOW, what a year! A year no one saw coming, yet we are proud to say we advanced our mission in many impactful ways, thanks to YOU, our wonderful supporters! Please enjoy reading our 2020 Report Card on how your support helped fuel our work to educate future physicians and support game-changing medical research.

Filed Under: Featured News, Mission News Tagged With: amyloidosis

ASB: 2020 Year-End Review

December 14, 2020

Last year, we set our 2020 goal at 60 presentations, not knowing what was ahead. We gave 22 presentations in the Spring, and 33 presentations this Fall.  So while we didn’t quite reach our goal, we are super proud that we did achieve 92% of our goal!  Read more about our busy year!

Filed Under: Featured News, Mission News, Speakers Bureau News Tagged With: amyloidosis, amyloidosis diagnosis, amyloidosis speakers bureau, diagnosing amyloidosis, patientsteachingstudents

Spinal Stenosis & Amyloidosis

November 10, 2020

Spinal stenosis can be one of those precursor clues to amyloidosis, particularly senile, aka wild-type, amyloidosis (ATTRwt).

Filed Under: Featured News, What Is Amyloidosis Tagged With: amyloidosis, amyloidosis diagnosis, ATTR amyloidosis, ATTRwt, cardiac amyloidosis, lumbar stenosis, spinal stenosis, wild-type amyloidosis

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