![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920035747im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field UIC Chemists Characterize Alzheimer's Neurotoxin Structure
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December 3, 2007
![chemistry graphic](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920035747im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/1chem_l.gif) | A team of University of Illinois at Chicago chemists has characterized the molecular structure of the intermediate stage of plaque-forming amyloid fibrils, believed to cause Alzheimer's disease. The finding may lead to new drug targets for this and other amyloid diseases, such as Parkinson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob. Full story |
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