Doctors are also beginning to use new technology to detect amyloid, a plaque-causing protein that can lead to Alzheimer's disease.

博士们正在用新的技术来检测淀粉样蛋白，它是一个可以引起斑块的蛋白导致阿尔茨海默病。

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Initially the amyloid appears as a long protein that is then cut by enzymes into shorter fragments that become molecularly sticky and clump together, forming a plaque.

刚开始，类乙型蛋白以长条状的形式出现，接著被一种酵素分解为分子般黏状的细小碎片，然后纠结在一起，形成了所谓的“病灶”。

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Professor Holtzman said the result implied that apoE and clusterin worked together to suppress plaque formation by clearing amyloid protein from the brain tissue and surrounding fluid.

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Harvard University researchers conducted experiments on mice using oligomers, a soluble form of amyloid-beta protein, which is the key compound in brain plaque and a hallmark of Alzheimer's.

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