fibril

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In their experiments, the researchers found that one fibril with a 19.6 mm2 cross-section could support loads up to 1.56 kg.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

Now, scientists can get a close enough look at fibril assemblies to see there are notable differences in how synthetic peptides stack compared with amyloid beta.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

A new imaging technique developed by engineers at Washington University in St. Louis can give scientists a much closer look at fibril assemblies, stacks of peptides like amyloid beta, most notably associated with Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

In the absence of atomic-level information on mammalian prions, the high-resolution structure of the amyloid of infectious prion HET-s is noteworthy for its further elements of fibril architecture.

From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016

Each of the minute fibrils of the muscles has a small conducting nerve connecting it with the brain or spinal marrow, and in this respect each muscular fibril is separate from every other.

From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther