“Harmless” Peptide May Actually Be Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Research from UC Santa Cruz indicates that the P3 peptide—an alternative cleavage product of the amyloid precursor protein—may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. For many years, pharmaceutical companies have focused their Alzheimer’s drug development efforts on amyloid beta, a peptide known for forming sticky deposits in the brain. Billions of dollars and decades of [...]