CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Proclara Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing novel therapies that utilize the general amyloid interaction motif (GAIM ...

Historically, the amyloidoses have been associated with inflammation and the immune response. From Virchow's original description in human pathologic inflammatory states through their identification ...

Amyloidoses are a varied and complex set of syndromes caused by aggregation of specific proteins such as the amyloid-β, found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, and transthyretin, which is found ...

Nonetheless, even in the absence of a complete understanding of these processes, sufficient information is available now to embark on drug discovery efforts to develop more effective therapies for ...

Amyloid cardiomyopathy (cardiac amyloidosis) is a form of restrictive cardiomyopathy that can result in significant progressive diastolic congestive heart failure. As the name suggests, amyloid ...