Anthony Fitzpatrick
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“We do not know what becomes of them in the embryo, whether they are cleared, left in place, or seed further aggregation,”
Anthony Fitzpatrick · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08
Fitzpatrick noted the uncertainty of what happens to amyloid fibers after they reach an embryo.
“Amyloids are most often thought of as a hallmark of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases in the brain, but they also have functional roles throughout the body, and keep turning up in unexpected places.”
Anthony Fitzpatrick · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08
Fitzpatrick noted that amyloids, while associated with neurodegenerative diseases, also have functional roles in the body.
“The cargo is helping build the vehicle that carries it,”
Anthony Fitzpatrick · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08
Fitzpatrick described how RNA helped assemble the very amyloid fibers that carry it into sperm.
“The second surprise was watching sperm take those fibrils up whole and move them deep inside the cell, along the tail, through the midpiece and up into the head,”
Anthony Fitzpatrick · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08
Fitzpatrick described observing sperm absorbing amyloid fibrils and transporting them throughout the cell.
“This is wild biology,”
Anthony Fitzpatrick · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08
Fitzpatrick reacted to the discovery that amyloid fibers in semen can help RNA enter sperm cells.