Title:
Star-Shaped Protein Once Thought "Undruggable" Is Target of Alzheimer's Study
Source:
Original story from the University of Cambridge
Published:
Technology Networks, 5 November 2020
From the article:
A new study suggests that it is possible to design drugs that can target a type of shape-shifting protein involved in Alzheimer's disease, which was previously thought to be undruggable.
A team of researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, have identified a new mechanism of targeting amyloid-beta, a protein fragment that clumps together and kills healthy brain cells in people with Alzheimer's disease.