Structure and function of amyloid
The term ‘amyloid’ was first used in 1854 by Rudolph Virchow to describe abnormal brain tissue that was stained by iodine, suggesting that it was starch-like. It was later discovered that the amyloid …
Implications for the use and study of amyloid in therapeutics, bionanomaterials, and biophysics
Therapeutics The structure of amyloid fibrils has been sought for a number of proteins involved in amyloid diseases. One of the main goals for determining the structure of amyloid has been …