Laser technique allows detailed view of the early minutes of amyloid aggregate formation -- implications for Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery. Researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) and Osaka University applied a new approach to take a close look at amyloid plaque formation, a process that plays important roles in Alzheimer’s disease. The technique would greatly aid the development and screening for novel therapeutics that can manipulate the formation of the toxic amyloid aggregates.