How Small Molecule Can Take Apart Alzheimer's Disease Protein Fi...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Tue, 05/20/2008 - 13:15

Researchers have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers connected to Alzheimer's disease and prion diseases.

Finding a way to dismantle misfolded proteins has implications for new treatments for a host of neurodegenerative diseases.


 

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