Gold helps light up Alzheimer’s tangles
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
One of the characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease is the presence of knot-like structures between brain cells. These are called “amyloid fibrils” and are formed by the notorious amyloid beta peptide and Tau protein, which are two of the most sought-after targets for the development of therapies to treat Alzheimer’s and similar diseases. Both amyloid beta […]