The nature of those plaques finally came into focus in 1984, when George Glenner, a research scientist at the University of California, San Diego, identified the peptide called amyloid - beta and hypothesized that Alzheimer's was caused by «amyloidosis» of the brain, a process in which insoluble forms of an amyloid protein accumulate. (protomag.com)
This considerably speeds up the process of identifying peptides and by extension, proteins. (sciencedaily.com)
The Monash University study, published in the FASEB Journal, successfully identified peptides from parasitic worms that suppress the body's immune response. (sciencedaily.com)