A study shows for the first time that X-ray lasers can be used to generate a complete 3-D model of a protein without any prior knowledge of its structure...
I'm not quite sure what's new in that announcement except maybe the use of a laser. X-ray crystallography is the traditional method of determining the shape of a protein provided it can be crystallized. FAH's goal is determine the pathway by which a protein can mis-fold, not the final shape. Many other projects seek only to determine the final shape, not the "why" a mis-fold occurs.