News tagged with amyloidosis

Amyloidosis

In medicine, amyloidosis refers to a variety of conditions whereby the body produces "bad proteins", denoted as amyloid proteins, which are abnormally deposited in organs and/or tissues and cause harm. A protein is described as being amyloid if, due to an alteration in its secondary structure, it takes on a particular aggregated insoluble form, similar to the beta-pleated sheet. Symptoms vary widely depending upon the site of amyloid deposition, i.e. where in the body these "bad proteins" are found in significant numbers. Amyloidosis may be inherited or acquired.

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High-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation increases survival

A team of researchers led by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has found treatment of selected immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis patients with high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Overlooked peptide reveals clues to causes of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) and their collaborators have shed light on the function of a little-studied amyloid peptide in promoting Alzheimer's disease (AD). Their surprising findings reveal that ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cells' energy factories linked to damaging inflammation

Scientists have discovered that molecules called reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by the energy factories, or mitochondria, in cells, may play a role in a rare inherited disorder in which uncontrolled inflammation damages ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein offers new clue to cause and treatment for kidney disease

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have pinpointed a protein that compromises the kidney's filtering ability, causing nephrotic syndrome, and demonstrated that a naturally occurring precursor of an acid in the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 12, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One step closer in finding treatment for amyloidosis

University College London scientists funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have devised a new approach to treatment of amyloidosis, according to new research published yesterday in Nature.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Common blood disorder may not be linked to as many serious diseases

A symptomless blood disorder, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, known as MGUS, is not linked to as many serious diseases as previously thought. This finding may save patients from undergoing unnecessary ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Destroying amyloid proteins with lasers

Researchers have found that a technique used to visualize amyloid fibers in the laboratory might have the potential to destroy them in the clinic. The technique involves zapping the fluorescently-tagged fibers with a laser, ...

Biology /

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0