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AMYLOID 4

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Researchers at the University of Houston and Rice University have identified a possible “Achilles’ heel” in the frustration of amyloid beta peptides as they dock to the fibrils that form plaques in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. From left, Kyle Le, Kaitlin Knapp, Yuechuan (Alex) Xu, Peter Vekilov and Peter Wolynes. Missing from the photo are co-authors Nicholas Schafer, Aram Davtyan and Mohammad Safari.

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