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BridgeBio’s Attruby (Acoramidis): A New, More Potent TTR Stabilizer for ATTR-CM

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This progressive disease occurs when misfolded transthyretin (TTR) proteins form amyloid deposits in the heart, leading to cardiac dysfunction. A Marketing Authorization Application has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), with a decision anticipated in 2025.

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Inhibition of proteins activated by nitric oxide reverses aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome

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The researchers have demonstrated that silencing or inhibiting the activity of these proteins completely reverses the aortic disease in a mouse model of Marfan Syndrome Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBM-CSIC-UAM) have discovered that the nitric oxide (NO) (..)

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Older women who ate more plant protein had lower risk of premature, dementia-related death

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24, 2021 — Postmenopausal women who ate high levels of plant protein had lower risks of premature death, cardiovascular disease and dementia-related death compared with women who ate less plant proteins, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an […].

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Damage to the heart found in more than half of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital

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Credit: European Heart Journal Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels of a protein called troponin have damage to their hearts.

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High fat diets may over-activate destructive heart disease protein

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Peer Reviewed Experimental Animals Consumption of a high fat diet may be activating a response in the heart that is causing destructive growth and lead to greater risk of heart attacks, according to new research.

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New activity found for CHD7, a protein factor vital in embryonic development

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Mutations in CHD7 cause severe birth defects known as CHARGE syndrome cases, which include severe and life-threatening heart malformations. Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Research by Kai Jiao, M.D.,

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Brain regions with impaired blood flow have higher tau levels

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JNeurosci 2020 In Alzheimer’s disease, impaired blood flow to brain regions coincides with tau protein buildup. and tau protein accumulate as Alzheimer’s disease […]. As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, more brain regions exhibit the relationship Credit: Albrecht et al., Vascular function declines and amyloid-?

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