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ADDL
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en medicine en amyloid beta-derived diffusible ligand: a kind of toxic oligomer implicated in Alzheimer's disease.
en 2009 May Discover Sam Kissinger 14 Corey S. Powell; Patrice G. Adcroft; Michael F. Di Ioia One experiment examined the effect of the protein insulin on ADDLs (amyloid-beta derived diffusible ligands), toxic proteins that build up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, causing cell death.
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