Scientists say a protein called beta amyloid is responsible for most of the damage to the brain and the symptoms of the disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's: What you need to know] Reference

Scientists have shown how the body's natural way of ridding the body of the toxic protein amyloid-beta is flawed in people with the disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [August 12th, 2007] Reference

No one knew where this pesky filament came from until 1987, when researchers discovered it was part of a larger molecule they dubbed the amyloid-precursor protein (APP).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

Alzheimer's, called amyloid beta proteins, PhysOrg reports.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia News - Global] Reference

The result is toxic fragments of a substance known as amyloid beta peptides.    From Wordnik.com.  [AARP.org :] Reference

Scientists can now measure abnormal proteins in the brain called amyloid beta.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

Unfortunately, it can produce a toxic substance called amyloid in animal models.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a brain peptide called amyloid-beta.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

A first step in the development of Alzheimer is the build up of so-called amyloid in the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

A protein called amyloid beta builds up in plaque deposits and may promote damage to nerve cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emaxhealth] Reference

Researchers are looking at genetics and at the role of a protein called amyloid beta in the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

For unknown reasons a protein called amyloid beta aggregates into toxic plaques in the brain, killin.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

These plaques form when certain proteins get broken up into smaller fragments known as amyloid peptides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gene Shows Promise for Alzheimer's] Reference

A-beta peptides form when proteins called amyloid precursor proteins (APPs) are broken into smaller pieces.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Turmeric and cumin have been proven to help unclog amyloid, which is the garbage in the highways of the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Eric Braverman: You Don't Have to Live With Menopausal Madness] Reference

Studies on mice have suggested that IGF-1 helps reduce beta-amyloid, which is a form of plaque, from the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

And new findings, published online today in the journal abnormal distribution of a protein known as amyloid beta.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

The accumulated misfolded protein has a characteristic three-dimensional structure, a so-called amyloid structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

When working normally, the gene prevents APP from being degraded into a toxic byproduct called amyloid beta peptide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's Disease Study Finds Possible Genetic Clue] Reference

These abnormal genes cause the production of excessive amounts of a toxic protein fragment called amyloid-beta peptide.    From Wordnik.com.  [All MayoClinic.com Topics] Reference

In people with Alzheimer's, the brain becomes riddled with clumps of protein, forming what are known as amyloid plaques.    From Wordnik.com.  [R&D Mag - News] Reference

One protein, known as amyloid-beta, forms the plaques that are evident in the brains of people with Alzheimer's upon autopsy.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

First they measured levels of the protein, called cerebrospinal fluid CSF amyloid, which is often depressed in Alzheimer's sufferers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Amyloidosis can affect various organ systems in the body, which accumulate damaging deposits of abnormal proteins known as amyloid.    From Wordnik.com.  [From the WSJ Opinion Archives] Reference

As victims lose their memory and reasoning ability, their brain tissues become clogged with wads of sticky debris known as amyloid plaques.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Alzheimer's Advance] Reference

Inherited disorders, such as amyloid polyneuropathy or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference

As a person's amyloid burden rises, so does the concentration of glutamate in the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

When the researchers deprived cultured cells of BACE, the cells produced less beta amyloid.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Alzheimer's Advance] Reference

Vaccinated mice reduced their amyloid burdens by an astounding 96 percent in just three months.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

The plaques in Alzheimer's brains consist mostly of an abnormal peptide, or protein fragment, called beta amyloid.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Alzheimer's Advance] Reference

Suppose for a moment that all these strategies fail, and that amyloid buildup is simply part of the human condition.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

For reasons no one is sure of, an enzyme can divide a larger protein improperly, creating the dangerous amyloid beta.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alzheimer's: Losing More Than Memory] Reference

At least two teams are now betting they can rescue cells surrounded by amyloid, simply by shielding them from glutamate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

This peptide is part of a longer protein called APP (amyloid precursor protein), which abounds in normal brain cells (chart).    From Wordnik.com.  [An Alzheimer's Advance] Reference

And don't get me started on claims that amyloid plaques — the very definition of a hot topic — cause Alzheimer's disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Science: Beware False Claims] Reference

The bubbles burst when zapped with ultrasound, loosening the mesh of that ultrafine screen and allowing the amyloid probe to enter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference

Three years ago Elan wowed the world by showing that animals given an anti-amyloid vaccine mounted fierce attacks on their plaques.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disappearing Mind] Reference