Unprecedented view of protein folding may help develop brain disease therapies
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 09:20
in Biology & Nature
Misfold an origami swan and the worst that happens is you wind up with an ugly paper duckling. Misfold one of the vital proteins in your body - each of which must be folded in a particular way to perform its function - and the result can be a debilitating neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's or Huntington's...