A fibril is a tiny thread or strand-like structure that is found in various organisms, such as plants or animals. It is often used to refer to the structures that make up larger fibers or tissues. Full definition
And although it may still be science fiction, he also believes that one day scientists may use the material properties of amyloid fibrils in research on invisible meta materials. (sciencedaily.com)
Products from an early stage of fibril formation were even more toxic to cells than the final, fibrillar form — just as some researchers suspect is the case for early stages of protein misfolding in Alzheimer's disease. (sciencemag.org)
Chris Dobson, a chemist and structural biologist at the University of Cambridge, U.K., suspected that a much broader range of proteins could form amyloid fibrils in test tubes. (sciencemag.org)