fibrils

Chemistry

A simple model system can disassemble fibrils and study therapeutic drugs for neurodegenerative diseases

Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c11285 The causes of many diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, are found at the molecular level, or proteins, in our bodies. In healthy systems, these proteins are responsible for numerous physiological functions. They can also assemble into groups of many proteins to perform specific tasks. Once the job…