Gel Formation in Protein Amyloid Aggregation: A Physical Mechanism for Cytotoxicity

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Daniel Woodard ,

* E-mail: daniel.woodard-1@nasa.gov

Affiliation InnoMedic Health Applications, Inc., Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States of America
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Dylan Bell,

Affiliation Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
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David Tipton,

Affiliation Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Health Branch, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States of America
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Samuel Durrance,

Affiliation Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
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Lisa Cole,

Affiliation Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Bin Li,

Affiliation Biological Sciences Department, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
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Shaohua Xu

Affiliation Biological Sciences Department, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
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