Prion Disease - Susan Lindquist (MIT/HHMI)

https://www.ibiology.org/archive/surprising-world-prion-biology/

Proteins are folded into intricate, complicated shapes and misfolding often results in disease. Lindquist describes how prions catalyze protein misfolding resulting in diseases such as Mad Cow Disease. She also gives a great explanation of why budding yeast (S. cerevisiae) is such a wonderful lab tool.

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