Discovery of amyloid hairpin structure hints at vaccine for Alzheimer’s
Though there is so much to learn about the way Alzheimer’s develops in the human brain, amyloid beta proteins have long been implicated in its advance. A new study has uncovered a previously unknown hairpin-like structure within this protein that proved critical to an antibody response seen in mice, with an engineered version of the protein fragment also laying the groundwork for a vaccine against the disease in humans.
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