Spotlights on Recent JACS Publications

摘要

Amyloids, abnormal fibrous protein aggregates found in organs and tissues, are associated with many well-known neuro-degenerative disorders. Effective probes for diagnosing and monitoring amyloid-based diseases are of great importance to therapeutic development. A new class of fluorescent probes allows researchers to distinguish different types of amyloid deposits in brain tissue, bringing them one step closer to developing selective probes for discrimination between different amyloid-related diseases with similar symptoms.