Katherine Poinsatte, PhD, Science writer —

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the U.K. has approved the injection therapy eplontersen — under the brand name Wainzua — for treating adults with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). Additionally, a European Union regulatory committee has recommended the treatment’s approval in the EU for adults…

People with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR), a group of diseases that includes familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), have significantly shorter nerve fibers in their corneas, the eye’s outermost layer, relative to healthy people, a study showed. Shorter corneal nerve fibers could be detected using a noninvasive technique known as corneal…