The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy ...

Progress in deciphering the fundamental biological mechanism of Alzheimer's disease (AD ... investigators that cerebral accumulation of the amyloid β-protein (Aβ) represents an early and ...

LATE-NC diagnostic criteria improve differentiation from Alzheimer's, addressing challenges in memory-loss syndromes and ...

AL (immunoglobulin light chain) amyloidosis is a rare disease that often results in progressive organ dysfunction, organ failure and eventual death. Clonal plasma cells in the bone marrow secrete ...

The accumulation of beta-amyloid protein in the brain is considered an early pathological brain change in Alzheimer's disease, although the exact cause of amyloid accumulation is unknown.

The Milan-born photographer, who spent two decades as art director for the knitwear retailer, revealed in August he suffered from the incurable disease amyloidosis, in which abnormal protein deposits ...

Many of the proteins identified in these clumps play roles in neurodegenerative diseases and have been detected in amyloid plaques (protein clumps found in the tissue between the nerve cells ...

Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai Co and U.S. firm Biogen Inc said Monday that a jointly developed Alzheimer's drug has been approved for continuous use for people with early stages of the disease ...