New study shows that the way amyloid proteins—implicated in Alzheimer’s disease—assemble into fibrils can be significantly influenced by the spin orientation of electrons on magnetized surfaces.

Researchers have developed a microscopy technique to visualize amyloid beta’s underlying structure, which could yield new insights into Alzheimer’s disease. As the prevalence of Alzheimer’s rises, ...

Amyloid-beta (A-beta) aggregates are tangles of proteins most notably associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Despite its constant stint in the limelight, however, researchers ...

Amyloid fibrils appear in many neurodegenerative diseases, and scientists are eager to understand how they form and spread. But amyloids—clumped aggregations of misfolded proteins—can be difficult to ...

Akin to erratic teenagers, tau may try dozens of amyloid filament styles before settling into the stable configurations found in the brains of people with AD or other tauopathies. This is according to ...

Accumulation of amyloid-beta (A-beta) peptides inhibiting normal brain function is a characteristic aspect of neurodegenerative disease, but how A-beta comes together and breaks apart as it does the ...

Electron microscopy is a powerful technique that provides high-resolution images by focusing a beam of electrons to reveal fine structural details in biological and material specimens. 2 Because ...

Electron spin on magnetized surfaces affects how amyloid proteins form fibrils, revealing a new physical factor that could help control Alzheimer's-related aggregation. (Nanowerk News) A new study has ...