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Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences

AF Microscopy

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With the use of atomic force microscopy, the researchers proved that beta-amyloid oligomers can, depending on their size, either remove phospholipid particles from the cell membrane leading to its degeneration or form long fibrils on the surface of the membrane.

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IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski

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