In Alzheimer's disease, the degeneration of brain cells is linked to formation of toxic protein aggregates and deposits known as amyloid plaques. Similar processes play an important role also in type 2 diabetes. A research team under the lead of the Technical University of Munich has now developed "mini-proteins", so-called peptides, which are able to bind the proteins that form amyloids and prevent their aggregation into cytotoxic amyloids.
Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): Data analysis from high-resolution satellite images suggests that the Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience. This is due to stress from a combination of logging and burning. The influence of human-caused climate change is not clearly determinable so far, but will likely matter greatly in the future.
Washington [US], November 19 (ANI): The intestine is essential for maintaining energy balance and is a master at reacting quickly to changes in nutrition and nutrient balance. It manages to do this with the help of intestinal cells that among other things are specialized in the absorption of food components or the secretion of hormones.
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