Peter Nilsson

Microscopy image of protein aggregates stained green and red with the tracer molecules.

Tracer molecules can distinguish between very similar brain diseases

Two diseases that affect the brain, Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy, show the same characteristics. Scientists have now shown that tracer molecules developed at LiU can distinguish between these diseases.

Microscope image showing wellow and blue staining of irregular shapes.

New method gives hope in understanding Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists are now able to label proteins in the brains of mice who have a disease similar to Alzheimer’s disease. The new method allows the researchers to observe how harmful protein aggregates develop over a longer time period.

Microscopy image showing tau aggregates inside a neuron

NIH research grant to study harmful proteins in the brain

Fluorescent tracer molecules developed by scientists at LiU will be used to develop new diagnostic methods in dementia. Peter Nilsson and researchers at Indiana University have now received a grant from the National Institutes of Health in the USA.

orange and blue staining of blood vessel

Chameleon molecules can see differences in plaque

The brain of a person with Alzheimer´s disease often contains several different types of amyloid plaque. This was shown in a study in which tracer molecules developed at LiU were used to study brain tissue from patients.

Molecular chameleons reveal bacterial biofilms

Molecules that change colour can be used to follow in real-time how bacteria form a protective biofilm around themselves. This new method may become significant both in medical care and the food industry, where bacterial biofilms are a problem.

Shedding light on cellulose quality

Researchers from LiU have developed a molecule that changes colour when it binds to different forms of cellulose. The researchers demonstrate how the molecule can be used to make rapid, optical measurements of cellulose quality.

Blocked prions may be a cure for mad cow disease

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, mad cow disease and scrapie are brain diseases for which there is currently no cure. But now, with the aid of a particular molecule, LiU researchers may be able to prevent destructive prions causing cell death in the brain.

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Tracer molecules can distinguish between very similar brain diseases

New method gives hope in understanding Alzheimer’s disease

NIH research grant to study harmful proteins in the brain

Chameleon molecules can see differences in plaque

Molecular chameleons reveal bacterial biofilms

Shedding light on cellulose quality

Blocked prions may be a cure for mad cow disease

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Tracer molecules can distinguish between very similar brain diseases

New method gives hope in understanding Alzheimer’s disease

NIH research grant to study harmful proteins in the brain

Chameleon molecules can see differences in plaque

Molecular chameleons reveal bacterial biofilms

Shedding light on cellulose quality

Blocked prions may be a cure for mad cow disease

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