Susan Lindquist Part 1 Protein Folding and Prions

What do "mad cows", people with neurodegenerative diseases and yeast cells growing happily on a deadly antibiotic have in common? They are all experiencing the consequences of misfolded proteins. Each organism has thousands of different proteins, which define its nature. Like origami paper, they can take the right path and fold into a swan or take the wrong path and fold into a rapacious hawk. The consequences can be deadly, leading to devastating neurodegenerative diseases in humans. Remarkably, a very similar folding process has been discovered in yeast, where it does no harm and can be studied easily and inexpensively.

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[TheDiamondites]

Brain in Ski you say that there is a cross of the disease into the vegetative population? Can you site this i would love to research further into this. And also if you know - what are these species barriers you speak of ?

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[papwalker99]

@brianinski Rubbish!

[yunayuyu]

What a great lecture on a fascinating topic!

[brianinski]

Domingo A. Lastra of Archer Daniels Midland doesn't want to lose money having people getting offended by ADM's policy that the consumer is the enemy.

They are not testing brain tissue after death, and much of this is swept under the blame Alzheimer's carpet.

[brianinski]

You say there is strong cross species barrier. Get ready to throw that nonsense out the window. I has moved from Sheep to Cow to Human and now it can be seen crossing into vegetable life, and it can be infectious topically. But the shocking thing about this is the scientific community is being asked to shut up about it.