| The 2009-10 Featured News Archive contains
summaries of press releases about prominent news developments
at UCSB from July 2009 to June 2010. The heading of
each item links to the full text of that story. All
first appeared on the
UCSB Featured
News page.
Alzheimer’s Research Yields Potential Drug Target Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and several other institutions have found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic agent in Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists say the discovery may lead to new drugs for the disease. In an article published this week in Nature Chemistry, the researchers explain the process in which the toxic Amyloid Beta 42 peptides aggregate, and outline the new technology they use to study these peptides. The findings come out of the laboratory of Michael T. Bowers, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCSB. 7/1/09
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