Weihua Zheng, Peter Wolynes and Nicholas Schafer, Rice University (IMAGE)

Rice University

Weihua Zheng, Peter Wolynes and Nicholas Schafer, Rice University

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From left, Rice University researchers Weihua Zheng, professor Peter Wolynes and Nicholas Schafer found the possibility of misfolded protein structures that branch rather than form the linear fibers implicated in Alzheimer's and other aggregation diseases. The results were reported this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Eva Tittel/Rice University

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