Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes: Hope for inhibitors against amyloid plaques

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Effective therapeutics to counteract the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes are not yet available. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now come a little bit closer to a solution: They have described a new class of designed macrocyclic peptides that are highly potent inhibitors of amyloid formation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news