The symbol represents the staff of Asclepius. Asclepius was the Greek god of medicine. He was often pictured carrying a staff
with one serpent twined around it, and this has become the traditional symbol of medicine.
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The Structural Medicine logo represents an alpha helix displaying the sequence CIMR (cysteine-isoleucine-methionine-arginine) wrapped around a model of an amyloid fibril.
The symbol represents the staff of Asclepius. Asclepius was the Greek god of medicine. He was often pictured carrying a staff
with one serpent twined around it, and this has become the traditional symbol of medicine.
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