Researchers illuminate new structures of a critical amyloid protein (IMAGE)

Scripps Research Institute

Researchers illuminate new structures of a critical amyloid protein

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Scripps Research scientists discovered that some sections of the hormone-carrying molecule transthyretin (left) are in constant motion (right), which may explain why the protein can misfold and aggregate to cause disease.

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