▁research ▁in ▁predict ing ▁protein ▁structure , ▁dock ing ▁and ▁design , ▁Ros etta @ home ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁in ▁immediate ▁disease - related ▁research . ▁ ▁N umer ous ▁minor ▁research ▁projects ▁are ▁described ▁in ▁David ▁Baker ' s ▁Ros etta @ home ▁journal . ▁As ▁of ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁information ▁on ▁recent ▁publications ▁and ▁a ▁short ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁are ▁being ▁updated ▁on ▁the ▁forum . ▁The ▁forum ▁thread ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁used ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁and ▁news ▁on ▁the ▁research ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁on ▁the ▁general ▁news ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁project . ▁ ▁Al z heimer ' s ▁disease ▁ ▁A ▁component ▁of ▁the ▁Ros etta ▁software ▁suite , ▁Ros etta Des ign , ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁accur ately ▁predict ▁which ▁regions ▁of ▁am y lo id ogen ic ▁prote ins ▁were ▁most ▁likely ▁to ▁make ▁am y lo id - like ▁f ibr ils . ▁By ▁taking ▁hex ape pt ides ▁( six ▁am ino ▁acid - long ▁fragments ) ▁of ▁a ▁protein ▁of ▁interest ▁and ▁selecting ▁the ▁lowest ▁energy ▁match ▁to ▁a ▁structure ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁known ▁fib ril ▁forming ▁hex ape pt ide , ▁Ros etta Des ign ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁identify ▁pe pt ides ▁twice ▁as ▁likely ▁to ▁form ▁f ibr ils ▁as ▁are ▁random ▁prote ins . ▁Ros etta @ home ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁study ▁to ▁predict ▁structures ▁for ▁am y lo id ▁beta , ▁a ▁fib ril - form ing ▁protein