How to Use amyloidosis in a Sentence

amyloidosis

noun

• The amyloidosis field has come a long way in the last three-plus decades.
  — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
• The images told the story: The man had a disease known as amyloidosis.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2021
• The cause was amyloidosis, said her husband, John Cooney.
  — Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2018
• The cause was cardiac amyloidosis, said her husband, Robert Kapp.
  — Staff Reports, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
• In transthyretin amyloidosis, mutations in the TTR gene cause the liver to produce abnormal versions of the transthyretin protein.
  — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
• While none of the 40 types of amyloidosis are common, your sister was right that protein in the urine might represent a serious condition.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
• He was diagnosed in 2014 with the rare condition amyloidosis, which produces protein deposits in the heart.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
• Things are also looking up for treatment of AL amyloidosis.
  — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
• A biopsy of his heart, taken after the accident, revealed that Mr. Shields had a hereditary form of amyloidosis.
  — Catherine Porter Photographs and Video By Leslye Davis, New York Times, 25 May 2017
• This type of amyloidosis is also progressive but much more slowly.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2021
• The cause was cardiac amyloidosis, said his wife, Margaret Kepner.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
• The cause was complications related to amyloidosis, said his son-in-law, Stefan Merrill Block.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 11 May 2018
• Last year, Intellia Therapeutics was the first to demonstrate that this was possible for a disease called transthyretin amyloidosis.
  — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
• Cardiac amyloidosis can be a result of a cancer known as multiple myeloma.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2021
• The hospice’s expertise was end-stage cancer, not amyloidosis.
  — Catherine Porter Photographs and Video By Leslye Davis, New York Times, 25 May 2017
• The initial results in patients with transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), a rare degenerative disease that can lead to nerve damage and the stiffening of the heart, are impressive.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 2 July 2021
• The cause was cardiac amyloidosis, his daughter Deborah said.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
• In 2016, the company scrapped development of another RNAi drug for amyloidosis after a study showed a higher death rate among patients taking the drug, compared with a placebo.
  — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
• McGuinness suffered from amyloidosis, a rare disease with a strain specific to Ireland’s northwest.
  — Shawn Pogatchnik, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2017
• No cause of death was revealed, but Musharraf, had been battling a rare disease, amyloidosis, and was being treated at a hospital in Dubai, Pakistani media reported.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023
• The genetic error resulted in the birth of a rare condition known as hereditary transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis.
  — Wired, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2022
• But in those with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis, the genetic mutation produces a botched version of it.
  — Wired, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2022
• Vyndamax works by reducing the protein buildup, which is known as transthyretin mediated amyloidosis.
  — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 26 July 2022
• The special education teacher has amyloidosis, a rare and deadly disease caused by toxic clumps of protein that build up in the body and damage the heart, nervous system and kidneys, among other organ systems.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2021
• Solution: Three years ago, Frank was diagnosed with a rare heart condition called cardiac amyloidosis.
  — Rene Alvarez, M.d., Philly.com, 7 July 2017
• The cause was complications from amyloidosis, an abnormal protein disorder, said a son, James Wilkins.
  — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020
• In April 2016, doctors diagnosed Tafflinger with end-stage renal disease from kidney damage because of amyloidosis, which his doctor has said is a rare disorder caused by the abnormal buildup of a protein.
  — Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 1 Dec. 2020
• Hill had amyloidosis, which was causing chronic fatigue.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2021
• Musharraf was hospitalized in Dubai in May 2022, suffering from a rare condition called amyloidosis which can lead to multiple organ failure because of a build-up of a dangerous protein in the body.
  — Maria Usman, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2023
• That's a big improvement on current standard treatments, and a promising outcome for patients with transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), a rare degenerative disease that can lead to nerve damage and the stiffening of the heart.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 29 June 2021

Last Updated: 10 Oct 2024