Prion Diseases

How small molecule can take apart Alzheimer's disease protein fibers (PhysOrg)

16 May 2008

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers connected to Alzheimer's disease and prion diseases. The findings appear online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Finding a way to dismantle misfolded proteins has ...

How Small Molecule Can Take Apart Alzheimer's Disease Protein Fibers (Science Daily)

16 May 2008

Researchers have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers connected to Alzheimer's disease and prion diseases. Finding a way to dismantle misfolded proteins has implications for new treatments for a host of neurodegenerative diseases.

PENN Medicine News: Researchers Discover how a Small Molecule Dismantles Disease Proteins (University of Pennsylvania Health System)

16 May 2008

PHILADELPHIA –Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers connected to Alzheimer's disease and prion diseases.