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Hereditary Amyloidosis

Hereditary Amyloidosis Among Portuguese Americans

March 11, 2022

Americans of Portuguese descent are disproportionately impacted by hereditary ATTR (hATTR) amyloidosis, a rare, rapidly progressive, and debilitating disease affecting multiple organs and tissues. Watch this informative news segment featuring Dr. Anthony Geraci, a neurologist who specializes in managing hATTR amyloidosis. He is joined by Julio, who was diagnosed with the disease a few years ago, and his daughter and caregiver Renee. Together they explore the experience of living with this rare, genetic disease.

Filed Under: Featured News, What Is Amyloidosis Tagged With: amyloidosis, amyloidosis news, ATTR amyloidosis, diagnosing amyloidosis, hATTR, Hereditary Amyloidosis

CRISPR/Cas9 – Editing the Code of Life

March 20, 2021

The scientific world is abuzz … a Nobel Prize-winning technology called CRISPR/Cas9 can now edit our DNA. This programmable gene-editing technology, which is efficient, precise, and scalable, has inspired a gold rush of countless applications in medicine, agriculture and basic science.  In this blog we invite you to read more about this ground-breaking advance and how, with one course of treatment, it could potentially cure hereditary transthyretin (hATTR / ATTRv) amyloidosis.

Filed Under: Featured News, What Is Amyloidosis Tagged With: #clinicaltrials, #crispr, #crispr/cas9, amyloidosis, amyloidosis clinical trials, amyloidosis news, amyloidosis treatment, ATTR amyloidosis, attrv, hATTR, Hereditary Amyloidosis, hereditaryamyloidosis

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