"In Alzheimer's, the possible infectious agent under scrutiny is a protein called amyloid-beta best known as the main ingredient in the hulking, sticky gobs of plaque found in the brains of people with the disease.",
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"Intellia Therapeutics is developing a drug for a rare and fatal disease known as transthyretin amyloidosis in collaboration with Regeneron. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Intellia Therapeutics is developing a drug for a rare and fatal disease known as transthyretin amyloidosis in collaboration with Regeneron. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Intellia Therapeutics is developing a drug for a rare and fatal disease known as transthyretin amyloidosis in collaboration with Regeneron. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Intellia Therapeutics is developing a drug for a rare and fatal disease known as transthyretin amyloidosis in collaboration with Regeneron. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"One example comes from using electrocardiogram (EKG) data to diagnose AL amyloidosis . \u2014 Scientific American , 16 Nov. 2021",
"While none of the 40 types of amyloidosis are common, your sister was right that protein in the urine might represent a serious condition. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Moreover, the positive data from Intellia Therapeutics for treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis published in late June should give investors some hope that other players, too, can eventually see some success with their pipelines. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Humans have also been found as able as dogs and rabbits at smelling the main odorant in bananas ( amyl acetate ), and are more sensitive to mice than at least one component odor of human blood. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian , 22 May 2017"
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"And even modern dogs carry varying numbers of amylase genes, notes Larson, who also was not on the research team. \u2014 Tess Joosse, Scientific American , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Because the amylase enzyme is much more efficient at digesting cooked rather than raw starch, the finding also suggests cooking, too, was common by 600,000 years ago, Carmody says. \u2014 Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS , 10 May 2021",
"Carrots, like many root vegetables, contain large reserves of starch, and over time, an enzyme called amylase cuts the starch to release sucrose, or table sugar. \u2014 Nik Sharma, Washington Post , 8 May 2020",
"But even the largest small proteins don't measure up to average-size proteins such as alpha amylase , a 496\u2013amino-acid enzyme in our saliva that breaks down starch. \u2014 Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Those little birds had higher cholesterol and more amylase , an enzyme that turns starch into sugar. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 5 Aug. 2019",
"But these seven first-release beers, with descriptions provided on the festival website\u2019s beer page, have our salivary amylase getting fired up way too soon. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 19 July 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some routines, especially the one in which Reverend Mother repeatedly sniffs amyl nitrate , then rolls about the floor in a stupor, are interminable. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Snyder didn\u2019t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina; heparin, a blood thinner; and morphine for the pain. \u2014 Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine , 19 Jan. 2017",
"Snyder didn\u2019t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina \u2014 Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine , 19 Jan. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Humans have also been found as able as dogs and rabbits at smelling the main odorant in bananas ( amyl acetate), and are more sensitive to mice than at least one component odor of human blood. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian , 22 May 2017"
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"Humans have also been found as able as dogs and rabbits at smelling the main odorant in bananas ( amyl acetate), and are more sensitive to mice than at least one component odor of human blood. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian , 22 May 2017"
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"While the effects on cognitive decline may seem ambiguous, Aduhelm indisputably reduces patients\u2019 amyloid plaques. \u2014 Andrew Williams, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Alzheimer\u2019s disease can be slowed by targeting the sticky clumps of beta- amyloid protein found in patients\u2019 brains. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The proposal would also apply to similar drugs still in development and not yet approved, including those from Eisai Co. , Eli Lilly & Co., and Roche Holding AG , that work by reducing amyloid protein, a hallmark of Alzheimer\u2019s, in the brain. \u2014 Joseph Walker, WSJ , 23 Feb. 2022",
"These jumbles of beta- amyloid protein had accumulated between neurons in the brain. \u2014 Sharon Guynup, Science , 29 Dec. 2021",
"In addition, patients will likely need to be checked for amyloid protein, which is done with expensive PET scans or invasive spinal taps, according to Alzheimer's experts. \u2014 Julie Appleby, CNN , 23 July 2021",
"On top of the expense of the drug, a patient would also need a positron emission tomography \u2014 or PET \u2014 scan to confirm the presence of amyloid protein plaques in the brain before they could be prescribed Aduhelm. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 July 2021",
"Researchers have long believed that interfering with the amyloid protein that builds up in Alzheimer\u2019s patient\u2019s brains was the key to treating cognitive decline from the disease, but the theory is unproven. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 July 2021",
"Aducanumab is the first drug to target one of the underlying drivers of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, the build-up of toxic amyloid beta protein clumps in the brain. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 2 July 2021"
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"Barkan was diagnosed in 2016 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal neurodegenerative disease also known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s. \u2014 Kk Ottesen, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"But one doctor finally pinpointed his problem three days before Christmas last year: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , or ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and has no cure. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 6 June 2022",
"The company\u2019s new product pipeline, meantime, is heavily concentrated in hard-to-treat diseases such as Parkinson\u2019s and Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , which analysts say are far from certain to work and get approved. \u2014 Joseph Walker, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Carmel Valley resident Cole Spector recently created a pen pal program for those with ALS, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"On March 30, an FDA advisory panel voted 6 to 4 against recommending approval of what might be the most effective treatment to date for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . \u2014 Bernard Zipprich, STAT , 24 Apr. 2022",
"On the heels of the Aduhelm approval debate, the F.D.A. faces another round of scrutiny next week when its advisory panel reviews a new drug, Amylyx, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , a fatal neurological disorder. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"There are hints that some people who engage often in highly strenuous physical activity may have increased risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Those health conditions include cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV/ AIDS, post-traumatic stress disorder, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Crohn\u2019s disease, Parkinson\u2019s disease, multiple sclerosis or a comparable condition. \u2014 Skyler Swisher, orlandosentinel.com , 2 Dec. 2021"
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"The two main molecules of that starch, a type of carbohydrate, are amylose and amylopectin , deposited in solid granules throughout the plant. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2020"
"As this happens, the spaghetti swells, and small amounts of a starch called amylose leach into the water. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"As this happens, the spaghetti swells, and small amounts of a starch called amylose leach into the water. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"As this happens, the spaghetti swells, and small amounts of a starch called amylose leach into the water. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"As this happens, the spaghetti swells, and small amounts of a starch called amylose leach into the water. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"As this happens, the spaghetti swells, and small amounts of a starch called amylose leach into the water. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"As this happens, the spaghetti swells, and small amounts of a starch called amylose leach into the water. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The two main molecules of that starch, a type of carbohydrate, are amylose and amylopectin, deposited in solid granules throughout the plant. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2020",
"This lets the starches fully swell and sets up the amylose spread and cross-link. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2020"
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"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the one of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere that is part of the limbic system and consists of an almond-shaped mass of gray matter in the anterior extremity of the temporal lobe":[]
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"\u0259-\u02c8mig-d\u0259-l\u0259"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The amygdala , however, is responsible for emotion and long-term memory. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Harvard proved years ago that meditation increases cell density in the PFC and Hippocampus and decreases cell density in the amygdala . \u2014 Christine Comaford, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"The experience likely involves the amygdala , the part of the brain that automatically produces basic emotional responses to outside signals, including danger. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In brain-image scans, math-anxious children show more activity in the amygdala , a part of the brain central to processing fear. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Although the exact reasons are not yet known, this may be due to light\u2019s effects on increasing levels of cortisol, a hormone that modulates the stress response or the effect of light on the amygdala , a part of the brain involved in emotions. \u2014 Beth Ann Malow, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The association between media exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms was strongest for those with a particular brain response in the amygdala , a brain area involved in processing fear and detecting potential threats. \u2014 Anthony Steven Dick, The Conversation , 7 Feb. 2022",
"And your screaming toddler\u2019s tantrums originate from her amygdala , a brain region linked to emotions. \u2014 Iris Berent, Scientific American , 10 Dec. 2021",
"At the base of our brains, within the limbic system, is a primitive part called the amygdala . \u2014 Roberta Moore, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
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"New Latin, from Latin, almond, from Greek amygdal\u0113":""
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"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215650"
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"amygdalo- uvular"
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"Latin amygdal- , from amygdala":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-000721"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a white crystalline cyanogenic glucoside C 20 H 27 NO 11 found especially in the seeds of the apricot, peach, and bitter almond \u2014 compare laetrile":[]
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"\u0259-\u02c8mig-d\u0259-l\u0259n"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Known to scientists as amygdalin , the toxin is a type of chemical compound called a cyanogenic glucoside. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Scientific American , 13 June 2019",
"This is not the first time Jason Vale has been accused of selling laetrile, another name for amygdalin . \u2014 Corky Siemaszko, NBC News , 23 Oct. 2019",
"According to geneticist and plant-breeder Thomas Gradziel of U.C. Davis, amygdalin is not all bad. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Scientific American , 13 June 2019"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin amygdala":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1651, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004046"
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"definitions":{
": a family of trees and shrubs comprising those plants of the family Rosaceae (as the plum, peach, and almond) that have a single pistil with united carpels and a characteristic drupe":[]
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"New Latin, from Amygdalus , type genus + -aceae":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010444"
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"noun"
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": pyrenoid":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034246"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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": lacking marrow":[]
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"-\u00a6l\u00e4nik"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"a- entry 2 + myelonic":""
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"circa 1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045328"
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"amydricaine":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a local anesthetic C 16 H 26 N 2 O 2 that is usually administered in the form of its bitter crystalline hydrochloride and that unlike cocaine is not mydriatic":[]
