them, and they gave them to me. the tissue sample they took from sally s muscle hit the jackpot. in the red staining of the biopsy, scientists found the presence of amyloid, abnormal proteins that come from cells in the bone marrow. that was a huge hit for us. mystery solved. the diagnosis a.l. amyloidosis. a rare disease in which proteins deposit themselves in a patient s organs or tissues. sally s was a mystery because the proteins here manifested in her skeletal muscles. you get mysteries that you don t solve, and you get mysteries that you solve. this is one that you get to put a check in the solved column? yeah, yeah. that s got to be a pretty good feeling. oh, it was the best. basically it s sort of justifies our existence. but for sally, a diagnosis meant only that now she had a chance for survival. there is no cure for this
i expected miracles from them and they gave it to me. tissue sample they took from sally s muscle hit the jackpot. in the congo red staining of the biopsy, scientists at the udp found the presence of amyloid, abnormal protein in the muscles that come from bone marrow. mystery solved. the diagnosis a.l. amyloidosis. it s rare in which protein deposits in a patient s organs or muscles. it manifested in her skeletal muscles. you get mysteries that you don t solve and you get mysteries that you solve. this is one that you get to put a check in the solved column? yeah. yeah, it is. that s got to be a pretty good feeling. oh, it was the best. basically, it s sort of justifies our existence. but for sally, a diagnosis meant only that now she had a chance for survival. there is no cure for this disease.
that was a huge hit for us. reporter: history solved. diagnosis? a amyloidosis. sally s was a mystery because the proteins manifested in her skeletal muscles. you get mysteries you don t solve and you get mysteries you solve. this is one you get to put a check in the solved column? yeah, yeah, it is. reporter: that s got to be a pretty good feeling. it was the best. basically it s sort of justifies our existence. reporter: but for sally, a diagnosis meant only that now she had a chance for survival. there is no cure for this disease. in june of last year at the mayo clinic, she underwent chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant in the fight of her life. there were times in the process when i thought it was real possible i would die. reporter: today, sally massagee is far from 100%.
for us as professionals to look at the successes that we have and to try to not dwell on the failures we have, because we fail so often. reporter: but not always. luckily for sally massagee, the experts at the udp solved her mystery. i expected miracles from them and they gave them to me. reporter: the tissue sample they took from sally s muscle hit the jackpot. in the red staining of the biopsy, scientists found the presence of amyloid. abnormal proteins that come from cells if the bone marrow. that was a huge hit for us. reporter: mystery solved. diagnosis? amyloidosis. it is a rare disease in which proteins deposit themselves in a patient s organs or tissues. sally s was a mystery because the proteins manifested in her skeletal muscles. you get mysteries you don t
i expected miracles from them and they gave them to me. reporter: the tissue sample they took from sally s muscle hit the jackpot. in the red staining of the biopsy, scientists found the presence of amyloid. abnormal proteins that come from cells in the bone marrow. that was a huge hit for us. reporter: mystery solved. diagnosis? amyloidosis. it is a rare disease in which proteins deposit themselves in a patient s organs or tissues. sally s was a mystery because the proteins manifested in her skeletal muscles. you get mysteries you don t solve and you get mysteries you solve. this is one you get to put a check in the solved column? yeah, yeah, it is. reporter: that s got to be a pretty good feeling. it was the best. basically it sort of justifies our existence. reporter: but for sally, a diagnosis meant only that now she had a chance for survival.