BU Amyloidosis Center receives grant to develop new amyloid diagnostics
The Amyloidosis Center has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Improving Diagnosis of AL Amyloidosis (IDEA) QuickFire Challenge, run by the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) innovation/JLabs. The research, led by Dr. Gareth Morgan, will develop new approaches to identify individuals at risk of AL amyloidosis, and also to help distinguish AL amyloidosis […]
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Havasi on her recent promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine.
Andrea Havasi, BUSM, Nephrology, specializes in the kidney complications of amyloidosis. Her earliest post-doctoral studies focused on ischemic renal tubular cell injury that led to subsequent studies on the harmful effects of proteinuria on renal tubular function and her current research on the toxic effects of immunoglobulin light-chains in patients with AL amyloidosis. While undertaking […]