fibril
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These cross-β fibril assemblies are also useful building blocks within designer biomaterials for medical applications, but their resemblance to their amyloid beta cousins, whose tangles are a symptom of neurodegenerative disease, is concerning.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024
A new imaging technique developed by engineers at Washington University in St. Louis can give scientists a much closer look at fibril assemblies, stacks of peptides like amyloid beta, most notably associated with Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024
These findings highlight that fibril reorientation, straightening, stretching, and sliding are crucial mechanisms facilitating whole-disc compression.
From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024
At the mesoscopic level, polymorphisms can occur through different modes of binding between the protofilaments in a fibril.
From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016
The fibril veins are produced by passing a graining tool with a slight vibratory motion, so as to effect the natural-looking streaks, using the black stain.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Bitmead, Richard
