Advancing the search for antibodies to treat Alzheimer's disease
Monday, July 30, 2018 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Two new studies illustrate that not all forms of amyloid-beta protein -- the protein thought to initiate Alzheimer's disease -- play an equally menacing role in the progress of the disease. Using a new way of preparing and extracting the protein as well as a new technique to search for promising drug candidates, researchers have highlighted the importance of testing and targeting different forms of amyloid-beta.