New method to catch notorious Alzheimer protein
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 12:21
in Biology & Nature
Medical doctors see lumps of the protein A β-peptide in Alzheimer patients' brains. They are not sure however if this causes the disease, or if it's a consequence of the damage these proteins do on brain membranes. Resolving this matter is necessary for medication development. Now, Leiden physicists have created a method to get an answer to this important question. Publication on March 16th in Journal of Biological Physics.