CONFERENCE COVERAGE SERIES
Keystone Symposium: Alzheimer's Disease
Fiendishly complicated, γ-secretase has proved a formidable foe to the structurally minded scientist. But goaded by éminence grise T.I., this Japanese bunch of rebels is deploying the force of SCAM and other stratagems to conquer it yet. Following our initial Keystone Treatment News series, read our next series of stories from the March 2008 Alzheimer Disease conference in Keystone, Colorado. Learn how some rebels explore the bends and recesses of the enzyme’s deep space, while others take on elusive science mysteries of Alzheimerology. May the Force be with them.
Keystone: γ Slowly Relinquishes Its Secrets
Fiendishly complicated, γ-secretase inspires both awe and weariness...
Keystone: Lipids Grease γ-Secretase Activity
Investigators described joint new research on how the lipid composition of the membrane influences the enzyme activity of γ-secretase...
Keystone: Loss Versus Gain—Mutations a Drag on γ-Secretase
A third area of γ-secretase research that drew attention at the Keystone conference is the hotly debated question of how presenilin mutations cause familial Alzheimer disease...