{
  "id": 9580592,
  "title": "Early Steps in Pathogen-induced TTR-amyloid-formation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/early-steps-in-pathogen-induced-ttr-amyloid-formation",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.753243v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Motivated by correlations between SARS-COV-2 infections and transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis we use molecular dynamics simulations to study whether three protein fragments from the SARS-CoV-2 virus can initiate dissociation of the transthyretin (TTR) homotetramer as the first step on the pathway to TTR amyloidosis. We find that the peptides reduce the frequency of transient hydrogen bonds at the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}