Newswise — BUFFALO, N.Y., August 5, 2021 — Amyloid plaques, which are a type of protein deposit, and protein aggregates, known as neurofibrillary tangles, are trademark indications of Alzheimer’s disease. Because there is no ethical way to extract brain tissue from patients to look for clues about how these plaques and tangles proliferate, supplementary techniques are needed to better understand the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
During the American Crystallographic Association’s 71st annual meeting, Structural Science Awakens, which will be held virtually July 30-Aug. 5, Abdullah Al Bashit, from Northeastern University, will discuss using state-of-the-art computational techniques to help address these challenges. His presentation, “Classification of tissue variations in X-ray scanning microdiffraction from thin sections of human brain,” will take place Thursday, Aug 5. at…
