Allopurinol Reprograms Uric Acid Self-Assembly by Disrupting Cytotoxic Fibrils and Redirecting Crystal Growth

Dana Laor Bar‐Yosef; Damilola S. Oluwatoba; Hanaa Adsi; Happy Abena Safoah; Om Shanker Tiwari; Ilana Sogolovsky-Bard; Dor Zaguri; Davide Levy; Ehud Gazit; D. Thanh

doi:10.1021/jacsau.5c00812

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                                    Dana Laor Bar‐Yosef, 
                                
                                    Damilola S. Oluwatoba, 
                                
                                    Hanaa Adsi
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2025). 
                            Allopurinol Reprograms Uric Acid Self-Assembly by Disrupting Cytotoxic Fibrils and Redirecting Crystal Growth. 
                            JACS Au
                            
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                            https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.5c00812

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DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.5c00812