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When proteins get stuck at solid: unlocking the secrets to brain diseases

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when proteins get stuck at solid unlocking the secrets to brain diseases
when proteins get stuck at solid unlocking the secrets to brain diseases

Biomedical engineers have developed sophisticated optical techniques to monitor at close range the process by which protein aggregates form during liquid-to-liquid transition. This can lead to solid condensates which can trigger a process that forms neural plaques, that can cause Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

Source: ScienceDaily.com