Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Author "Ahmad, A. (Atta)"
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An Investigation of the Underlying Mechanism in Insulin Aggregation and Fibrillogenesis with Chelators
Styons, Ellen (East Carolina University, 2021-11-30)Amyloid is a proteastasis condition implicated in more than 50 different diseases. At the core of it is the protein structural modifications that leads to assembly of protein molecules into a unique cross-[beta] structure. ... -
Contribution of Milk components on Protein Aggregation
Lor, Kong Peng (East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)Protein aggregation is a known health hazard that has been implicated in more than 50 human diseases. These diseases have been linked to lifestyle as they mostly prevail in the western world. Besides environmental factors ... -
Disintegration of Amyloid fibrils using chaperones, inorganic chemicals
Bedsole, Sidney Ethan (East Carolina University, 2021-11-29)Protein aggregation in the form of amyloid has been implicated in more than 50 human diseases. These diseases range from neuropathic, like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, to common diseases like cataracts. The number of people ...