How to Use amyloid in a Sentence

amyloid

noun
  • The drug is also unique among the amyloid busters that came before.
    — Alice Park, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The first is plaques made up of one form of amyloid called beta-amyloid.
    — Jason Ulrich, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
  • This has led to a debate as to whether amyloid is even a cause of Alzheimer’s.
    — Denise C. Park, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 June 2018
  • The scans only turned up beta amyloid in the brain years later.
    — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • That could mean a blood test to indicate the presence of amyloid.
    — Paula Span, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • One pair of boxes shows fewer green amyloid clusters on the left and more on the right.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The treatment clears a substance known as amyloid beta from the brain.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 29 June 2021
  • This side effect happens with drugs that target amyloid plaques in the brain.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 12 July 2024
  • These three drugs work by removing beta amyloid plaques from the brain.
    — Staff Author, Verywell Health, 4 May 2023
  • Deposits of amyloid plaque in the brain are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s.
    — Joseph Choi, The Hill, 16 May 2025
  • Beta amyloid peptides are protein pieces that form sticky plaques in the brain.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 1 July 2024
  • Aluminum can be found in normal healthy brains and seen within amyloid plaques.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Does someone at 55 with amyloid in the brain have Alzheimer’s?
    — Shirley Wang, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Some look for signs of amyloid; others, tau; still others, the ratio of the two.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Both drugs remove amyloid from the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • In this case, that was Aduhelm’s reduction of amyloid plaque.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2021
  • The cause of Alzheimer’s isn’t known, but amyloid is a feature of the disease.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In this case, that was Aduhelm’s reduction of amyloid plaques.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2022
  • It is determined by the presence of sticky amyloid plaques in the brain and tau tangles.
    — Phyllis Ferrell, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • These therapies may reduce the amount of beta-amyloid formed in the brain.
    — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Tafamidis was the first drug to slow the progression of a human amyloid disease.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • People with the disease have clumps of a protein called amyloid-beta that have built up in those cells.
    — Dallas News, 29 June 2021
  • Many researchers believe the beta-amyloid clumps play a key role in Alzheimer’s.
    — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 6 July 2018
  • The drug targets amyloid, a protein that clumps in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
    — Andrew Williams, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But it is thought the buildup of proteins, such as amyloid plaques and tau tangles, causes damage in the brain.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Second, the buildup of amyloid does not invariably lead to Alzheimer’s.
    — Joshua Kendall, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2018
  • Her brain scan detected amyloid plaque, the telltale sign of Alzheimer’s.
    — Jim Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
  • An intense area of study has been the use of antibodies to target amyloid plaques in the brain.
    — Greg Licholai, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The condition is believed to be caused by a buildup of beta amyloid plaques and tau protein in the brain.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 29 July 2020
  • The ratio of these substances helps determine the presence of amyloid plaques in the brain.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

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