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Sand in the sheets

A demonstration of inhibition of β-sheets in both reactive amyloid, using an in vivo mouse model, and synthetic Alzheimer (β) amyloid, in vitro (pages 143–148).

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Diehl, S. Sand in the sheets. Nat Med 1, 120–122 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0295-120

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