How Small Molecule Can Take Apart Alzheimer's Disease Protein Fibers

Friday, May 16, 2008 - 09:14 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers connected to Alzheimer's disease and prion diseases. Finding a way to dismantle misfolded proteins has implications for new treatments for a host of neurodegenerative diseases.

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