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Plein Center faculty member, Abhi Nath<\/strong>, PhD, was a corresponding author on a paper published in PNAS<\/em>\u00a0examining small heat shock proteins, which play a vital role in preventing protein aggregation that can otherwise lead to Alzheimer\u2019s disease and related disorders. In this paper, investigators from the University of Washington\u2019s Departments of Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry discovered a general mechanism by which small heat shock proteins can be activated, revealing a possible avenue for therapeutic discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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