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: A researcher in the lab of Rice’s Angel Martí holds a vial of fluorescent dye molecules in solution. Using time-resolved spectroscopy, which tracks the fluorescence lifetime of dye molecules, Martí and collaborators describe a second binding site on amyloid-beta deposits associated with Alzheimer’s disease, opening the door to the development of new therapies.

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