In a paper published in the journal Angewandte Chemistry International Edition, researchers from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, members of the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), the Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB) and the Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), identified the binding model of this dye. Specifically, the study focused on the interaction of Congo-Red in amyloid structures formed by the HET-s prion particle.

Article reference: A. Espargar, S. Llabrés, S. J. Saupe, C. Curutchet, F. J. Luque and R. Sabaté. “On the binding of Congo Red to amyloid fibrils”. Angewandte Chemistry International Edition, febrer de 2020. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916630

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