Search results for fibrils
Give the foie gras a miss
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Another reason not to eat pate de foie gras is discussed by Michael Greger of The Humane Society of the United States, Washington DC in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health. ...
Seeing Alzheimer's amyloids
May 12, 2008 |
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In an important step toward demystifying the role protein clumps play in the development of neurodegenerative disease, researchers have created a stunning three-dimensional picture of an Alzheimer’s peptide ...
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes similar at molecular level
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes, the human version of mad cow disease, and other degenerative diseases are more closely related at the molecular level than scientists realized, a ...
First atomic-level look at a protein that causes brain disease
Apr 22, 2008 |
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For the first time, researchers have peered deeply at the atomic level into the protein that causes hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) -- a disease thought to cause stroke and dementia. The study pinpointed a tiny ...
Tracking Prions
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Infectious proteins known as prions have been identified as the cause of “mad cow” disease (BSE). The culprits are “incorrectly folded” proteins that can “infect” healthy proteins. The molecular bases for such prion diseases ...
Rusty Worms in the Brain
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Iron is vital to human life; for example, it is a component of hemoglobin, the substance that makes our blood red and supplies our cells with oxygen. However, iron can also cause heavy damage; it is thought that iron deposits ...
Iron banded worms drying out of blood could be linked to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
Feb 09, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Warwick and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have discovered that the mechanism that we rely on to transport iron safely through our blood stream can, in certain circumstances, ...
Researchers link metal ions to neurodegenerative disease
Aug 06, 2007 |
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A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Emory University has defined for the first time how metal ions bind to amyloid fibrils in the brain in a way that appears toxic to neurons. Amyloid fibrils are linked to the ...
Protein Fibrils as Alternative Plastics?
May 28, 2008 |
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Amyloid deposits in tissues and organs are linked to a number of diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, type II diabetes, and prion diseases such as BSE. However, amyloids are not just pathological substances; they ...
Study leads to a promising first-in-class drug candidate
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Discoveries by Scripps Research Institute scientists have led to a promising new drug candidate--the first in its class--for patients with a genetic protein-misfolding disease. In results announced by the biopharmaceutical ...
Research reveals structure and behavior of collagen
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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The structure and behavior of one of the most common proteins in our bodies has been resolved at a level of detail never before seen, thanks to new research performed at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the U.S. Department ...
Structure of protein collagen seen at unprescedented level of detail
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Feb 25, 2008 |
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The structure and behavior of one of the most common proteins in our bodies has been resolved at a level of detail never before seen, thanks to new research performed at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at ...
Chemists characterize Alzheimer's neurotoxin structure
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Dec 03, 2007 |
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Amyloid plaques, the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, are clumps of fiber-like misfolded proteins which many experts think cause this devastating neurodegenerative disease.
New class of compounds discovered for potential Alzheimer's disease drug
Aug 10, 2009 |
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A new class of molecules capable of blocking the formation of specific protein clumps that are believed to contribute to Alzheimer's disease pathology has been discovered by researchers at the University of ...
Lipids in the brain an important factor for Alzheimer's disease?
Dec 10, 2007 |
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As the most common form of dementia in the Western world, Alzheimer's disease carries enormous implications for our ageing society. It is generally accepted that the disease is caused by Alzheimer peptide (A -peptide) protofibrils. ...
