New protein structure could help treat Alzheimer's, related diseases

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 09:01 in Health & Medicine

Bioengineers have a designed a peptide structure that can stop the harmful changes of the body's normal proteins into a state that's linked to widespread diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and Lou Gehrig's disease.

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