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.