'Blink' and you won't miss amyloids
Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
Tiny protein structures called amyloids are key to understanding certain devastating age-related diseases. Aggregates, or sticky clumped-up amyloids, form plaques in the brain, and are the main culprits in the progression of Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases.Amyloids are so tiny that they can't be visualized using conventional microscopic techniques.