Discovery Lights Path for Alzheimer’s Research

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-27969
Published December 01, 2017 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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  • English

A probe invented at Rice University that lights up when it binds to a misfolded amyloid beta peptide — the kind suspected of causing Alzheimer's disease — has identified a specific binding site on the protein that could facilitate better drugs to treat the disease.