Amyloidosis

News for Amyloidosis

Scans May Help Pin Down Tricky Diagnosis Of Cardiac Amyloidosis Sep 16, 2005
BETHESDA, MD -- A type of scintigraphy scan may help clinicians properly diagnose and then treat two forms of cardiac amyloidosis, a rare type of heart failure ...
- Science Daily (press release)

'Great Day' For Great Race Sep 25, 2005
Runners of all ages went to Frick Park for the 28th Annual Great Race to help support the Richard S. Caliguiri Amyloidosis Fund. ...
- KDKA

Strange condition Sep 23, 2005
The leading amyloidosis Web site warns that the disease is so uncommon that doctors “do not recognize when or how they must test for this disease.�. ...
- Kodiak Daily Mirror

FoldRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Christoph M. Adams, Ph.D. ... Sep 26, 2005
..."FoldRx's innovative approach to the treatment of protein misfolding diseases and amyloidosis, coupled with the breadth and strength of its discovery program ...
- Business Wire (press release)

Seerat Aziz, MD , Peter W. Callen, MD , Flavio Vincenti, MD and ... Sep 29, 2005
...have been performed previously and are known as "domino transplants," but usually the first recipient (donor to the second recipient) has familial amyloidosis. ...
- Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Neurochem to Present at UBS Global Life Sciences Conference in New ... Sep 27, 2005
2 program. The Phase II/III clinical trial of Fibrillexâ„¢ for the treatment of AA Amyloidosis was concluded in April 2005. The ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release)

California Researchers Investigate Antibody-like Viral Protein Sep 26, 2005
Even in the body, this type of mis-folding can lead to diseases like light chain amyloidosis, which causes a build-up of mis-folded, sometimes mutated proteins ...
- PharmExec.com

Dentist had practice in Rossford Sep 20, 2005
Dr. Stearns, 66, had Waldenstrom's disease, a disorder in which the bone marrow produces too many blood cells, and amyloidosis of the nervous system, in which ...
- Toledo Blade

Dianna Sowash Sep 21, 2005
...for over a year. Memorials may be made to Wheatland Manor Nursing Home or to Amyloidosis research. Survivors include her husband ...
- Eldrige North Scott Press

Neurochem Announces Launch of European Phase III Clinical Trial on ... Sep 13, 2005
2 program. The Phase II/III clinical trial of Fibrillex(TM) for the treatment of AA Amyloidosis was recently concluded. The Company ...
- PR Newswire (press release)

Montoursville boys soccer tops Selinsgrove Sep 7, 2005
...the memorial to Steve Steffen. Steffen is the long-time Seals coach who succumbed to amyloidosis last March. There will be a remembrance ...
- Sunbury Daily Item

Thomas I. Hannold Sep 4, 2005
...of cancer. In 1991 he married his second wife, Margaret J. Hunter "Peggy" Hannold, who died in 1997 of amyloidosis. He supported ...
- The Free Lance-Star

Answered prayersJul 27, 2005
...has changed Fritz's way of living. One example is 1987, when Fritz was first diagnosed with Amyloidosis. It is a condition that ...
- Arlington Advocate

Severe Protein Losing Enteropathy With Intractable Diarrhea Due to ...Jul 14, 2005
This report concerns two patients with severe protein losing enteropathy and refractory diarrhea due to AA amyloidosis who were successfully treated with ...
- RedNova.com

Correlation Between Serum Levels of Free Light Chain and Phenotype ...Jul 14, 2005
...production of M-protein, flow cytometry and serum free light chain (FLC) analyses were carried out in 17 patients with primary systemic AL amyloidosis (mean age ...
- RedNova.com

Turgenev's 'living relic': an early description of scleroderma?Jul 29, 2005
The combination of thickened skin, hyperpigmentation, neuropathy and weakness is occasionally seen in amyloidosis and also in certain types of porphyria and ...
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Transplant Games on track todayJul 17, 2005
A paint foreman and maintenance worker at the London Health Sciences Centre, Simpson suffered from a hereditary genetic disorder, amyloidosis. ...
- London Free Press

It's all in the details for new shopJul 23, 2005
3 pm Proceeds will benefit the Chip Miller Foundation, which was formed to raise funds for the research, education and awareness of amyloidosis and related ...
- Carlisle Sentinel

Genetic Epidemiology of Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy in the ...Jul 14, 2005
Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is an autosomal dominant systemic amyloidosis with adultonset, first described by Andrade [I]. It is associated with a ...
- RedNova.com

Canadian Stocks Are Little Changed; Technology Shares DeclineJul 25, 2005
Neurochem Inc., the maker of Fibrillex to treat amyloid amyloidosis, fell 17 cents to C$14.60, heading toward its first loss since July 13. ...
- Bloomberg

David Lange in hospital and seriously illJul 21, 2005
...visited him yesterday. Mr Lange, 62, suffers the rare plasma disorder amyloidosis, which is incurable and can be terminal. It can ...
- Stuff.co.nz

Lange's condition 'stable but serious'Jul 23, 2005
Mr Lange, who turns 63 in a fortnight, was admitted to hospital nine days ago for treatment for the rare, incurable plasma disorder amyloidosis, which he was ...
- New Zealand Herald

Lange exhausted after visitsJul 24, 2005
He suffers the rare blood disorder amyloidosis, which is incurable and can be terminal. He also has an irregular heartbeat. "He hasn't been very talkative. ...
- Stuff.co.nz

Canadian Stocks Fall on Lower Oil Prices; Imperial Oil DeclinesJul 25, 2005
...billion. Neurochem Inc., the maker of Fibrillex to treat amyloid amyloidosis, fell C$3.18 to C$14.40, its first loss since July 14. ...
- Bloomberg

Neurochem Inc. announces exercise of warrant by Picchio Pharma Inc ...Jul 25, 2005
2 program. The Phase II/III clinical trial of Fibrillex(TM) for the treatment of AA Amyloidosis was recently concluded. The Company ...
- Canada NewsWire

Lange tired and weak but wit is intactJul 25, 2005
But Ms Pope says the rare and incurable plasma disorder amyloidosis, which struck Mr Lange in 2002, has generally "undermined" his health.
- New Zealand Herald

David Lange in hospital, condition fairJul 21, 2005
1989. He quit as an MP in 1996. In 2002 he announced he had amyloidosis, a rare plasma disorder, for which he received chemotherapy.
- Stuff.co.nz

Lange now in hospital careJul 21, 2005
In 2002, Mr Lange was diagnosed with amyloidosis, a rare incurable plasma disorder that causes a build-up of excess protein from bone marrow. ...
- New Zealand Herald

David Lange seriously ill in hospitalJul 21, 2005
In August 2002, it became known Lange was having chemotherapy for a deadly protein disorder, amyloidosis. According to newspaper ...
- TVNZ

Doctors keen to get Lange up and walkingJul 22, 2005
In 2002, Mr Lange was diagnosed with amyloidosis, a rare and incurable plasma disorder that can be fatal. It can affect organs such as the heart and kidneys. ...
- Stuff.co.nz

Critical time for LangeJul 21, 2005
The former prime minister has been in Auckland's Middlemore Hospital for the past week, receiving treatment for the incurable plasma disorder, amyloidosis. ...
- Newstalk ZB

Support groupsJul 18, 2005
Hagerstown. The group meets for luncheon and offers empathy, support and fellowship to friends, relatives and patients with amyloidosis. ...
- Hagerstown Morning Herald

Alzhemed Resumes Race for Alzheimer’s Cure with Phase III TrialJul 5, 2005
2 program. The Phase II/III clinical trial of Fibrillex for the treatment of AA Amyloidosis was recently concluded. The Company ...
- SeniorJournal.com

Nephros, Inc. to Receive US Patent for OLpur(TM) H2H(TM)Jul 8, 2005
...due to their molecular weight, that have been found to contribute to such conditions as carpal tunnel syndrome, dialysis related amyloidosis, degenerative bone ...
- Business Wire

Ray Hinckley Jan 27, 2006
She was a Master Gardener. It is requested that memorials be made to the Amyloidosis Support Group, Att: Dallas Chapter, 232 Orchard Dr., Wood Dale, ILL 60191. ...
- Hood County News,

political notebook Jan 25, 2006
Gov. Bob Casey Sr. , who was diagnosed with Appalachian familiar amyloidosis, recovered from a double organ transplant. Lt. Gov. ...
- Philadelphia citypaper.net,

Vito Barbara, 82; was fitness expert Jan 26, 2006
...died Jan. 21 from amyloidosis at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 82. Mr. Barbara was born and raised in Boston. He ...
- Boston Globe,

A wife's gift of life Jan 15, 2006
He'd been told he had a bone marrow disease, amyloidosis, over the phone on his 52nd birthday while he was in the middle of treating his own patients. ...
- NorthJersey.com,

Support groups Jan 16, 2006
Hagerstown. The group meets for luncheon and offers empathy, support and fellowship to friends, relatives and patients with amyloidosis. ...
- Hagerstown Morning Herald,

News Briefs Jan 18, 2006
31, 2005, surrounded by his family. Iijima battled amyloidosis, a rare blood disease, for several years. He reached the age of 57 the week before he died. ...
- The University of Hawaii Kaleo,

Firm, fair teacher remembered fondly Jan 18, 2006
...grandchildren and students. Mr. Fitzpatrick died Sunday of amyloidosis, a group of diseases that causes organ failure. He was 67. His family ...
- Fresno Bee (subscription),

Orioles on way up Jan 12, 2006
Also, Hanover Rotary Club president Robert Miller announced the club will donate $1,000 to the Boston University School of Medicine Amyloidosis Research Fund ...
- The Evening Sun,

Nephros Announces First Order From Major US Hospital For ... Jan 13, 2006
...as "middle molecules," due to their molecular weight, that have been found to contribute to such conditions as dialysis related amyloidosis, carpal tunnel ...
- Genetic Engineering News,







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