Decades after prediction, potential applications of rippled β sheets becoming clearer

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https://www.aps.anl.gov/APS-Science-Highlight/2024-04-05/decades-after-prediction-potential-applications-of-rippled-b
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Rippled β-sheet structures may be useful tools for the creation of improved biomaterials, such as more stable hydrogels for drug delivery, and may have therapeutic uses in understanding or perhaps treating diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes. Recent research has extended our understanding of rippled β sheet structures at the atomic level.

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Two sets of colored graphics, one showing a singe peptide and the second showing two interleaved peptides.
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