amyloids

Credit: ACS Nano (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c06285

Israeli research reveals: Electron spin influences the formation of Alzheimer's proteins

Researchers from the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University have shown that magnetic surfaces affect the aggregation process of amyloid fibers – a finding that opens new avenues for treatment
Amyloid deposits (marked in red) and the peptides that prevent their development (marked in green) in mouse brain cells

Preventing amyloid deposition in Alzheimer's

Scientific image: Right: Creation of amyloids from eggs and whey protein. Left: their consumption in food and their journey in the digestive system.

Processed food - nothing to panic

  • One response
Researchers at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering have discovered that incorporating amyloids into processed food has significant nutritional and health benefits
A helical lock (orange) on the DnaJB1 chaperone blocks the binding site for chaperones from the Hsp70 family

Overcome the precipitation

The discovery of a mysterious helical lock may shed light on the development of degenerative brain diseases

A platform for the development of accessible drugs for rare genetic metabolic diseases

  • One response
Science website logo
SEARCH