Wrong molecular turn leads down path to Type 2 diabetes
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 15:30
in Biology & Nature
Computing resources have helped researchers better grasp how proteins misfold to create the tissue-damaging structures that lead to type 2 diabetes. The structures, called amyloid fibrils, are also implicated in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and in prion diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jacob and mad cow disease.