Molecular Modeling of the Amyloid β-Peptide: Understanding the Mechanism of Alzheimer's Disease and the Potential for Therapeutic Intervention
Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of senile dementia in the elderly, and as life expectancy increases across the globe, incidence of the disease is continually increasing. Current estimates place the number of cases at 25-30 million worldwide, with more than 5.4 million of these occurrin...
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Virginia Tech
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77318 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122012-104455/ |