Why 1 in 25 Black Americans carry a hereditary ATTR-CM variant
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World Amyloidosis Day is here, and this year the conversation is centered on a heart condition many people have never heard of, ATTR cardiac amyloidosis, or ATTR-CM. The rare and progressive disease develops when a naturally occurring protein in the body called transthyretin becomes unstable, falls apart, and misfolds into abnormal deposits known as amyloid […] The post Why 1 in 25 Black Americans carry a hereditary ATTR-CM variant appeared first on Rolling Out .
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