New strategy to obtain a specific type of amyloid-beta aggregate that may underlie neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 18:52
in Biology & Nature
For the first time, researchers describe how to prepare a specific type of aggregate of the amyloid-beta protein with the ability to perforate the cell membrane. What causes neuron death and the subsequent cognitive decline in Alzheimer´s disease is still unknown.