Proteins are necessary for many bodily processes. Numerous physiological functions and activities are carried out by thousands of distinct proteins.

There is an alpha helix, for example, where the chain of amino acids twists into a right-handed coil, and so-called folded beta-sheet proteins ... often result in amyloid formations.

In addition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted breakthrough device designation to Beckman's p-tau217, beta-Amyloid 1-42 assay ... team and strong balance sheet, all powered by the ...

with biomarkers of brain amyloid-beta (Aβ) protein deposition. The diagnostic criteria of AD from traditional Chinese medicine will be determined according to Chinese Internal Medicine (16): (1) onset ...

A research team from the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) has discovered that the two key pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's-tau protein and beta-amyloid ...

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy ...

Prehospital hypoxia, hypotension, and hypocarbia each were associated with poor outcomes after traumatic brain injury, ...

(HealthDay News) — Appropriate use criteria (AUC) for the use of amyloid and tau positron emission tomography (PET) have been issued by the Alzheimer’s Association and the Society for Nuclear Medicine ...

Lecanemab is a humanized immunoglobulin gamma 1 monoclonal antibody directed against aggregated soluble and insoluble forms of amyloid beta. It reduces amyloid beta plaques in the brain, which is a ...

These boards are cropping up around the US as neurologists acclimate to a new class of drugs, but not everyone agrees such ...