A theory of Alzheimer's disease linking amyloid beta and tau

Amyloid beta and tau proteins compete for the same binding sites on microtubules in neurons, suggesting that displacement of ...
Nature

Where string theory meets reality?

Experimental physicists study the strong force; string theorists try to calculate its effects. Together, they are finding common ground, where string theory can be applied to the physics of ...
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Key Alzheimer’s proteins are competing inside brain cells

New UC Riverside-led research suggests Alzheimer’s arises not simply from plaques forming in the brain, as is widely believed ...
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'I used to believe in the "invisible string theory". Then I discovered its fatal flaw.'

After Sydney's first major COVID lockdown ended, I got a puppy. I took her everywhere with me — cafés, friends' houses, out for adventures to new places. Then another lockdown hit, and the only place ...
Nature

The leukemia-associated AML1 (Runx1)–CBFβ complex functions as a DNA-induced molecular clamp

We have determined the structure, at 2.6 Å resolution, of the AML1 (Runx1) Runt domain–CBFβ–DNA ternary complex, the most common target for mutations in human leukemia. The structure reveals that the ...