fibril

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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

In addition, the scientists plan to investigate whether they can manufacture the protein fibril sponges out of other protein-rich byproducts or waste products from the food industry.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

Their highly sustainable new method is based on a protein fibril sponge, which the scientists derive from whey, a food industry byproduct.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

Secondary nucleation processes, including fibril fragmentation and nucleus formation induced at the amyloid fibril surface69, 70, 136, are of particular relevance to the kinetics of fibril growth.

From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016

Each of the minute fibrils of the muscles has a small conducting nerve connecting it with the brain or spinal marrow, and in this respect each muscular fibril is separate from every other.

From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther