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"The human body does not have this two step process. It does not know how to properly refold a protein that has folded the wrong way.”

Hum, look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperone_(protein)

"There are a number of classes of molecular chaperones, all of which function to assist large proteins in proper protein folding during or after synthesis, and after partial denaturation. "

The "after partial denaturation" bit allows refolding of partially denatured proteins, which is "how to properly refold a protein that has folded the wrong way.” Every cell in your body does this daily, or dies.

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Roman S Shapoval's avatar

Christine's substack is making my head explode...but this is good. It's how I like to get my day of rest on Sunday.

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