On Prions and Protein Design

08/04/2025 20 min

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Episode Synopsis

Prions are extremely resilient, infectious proteins. Studying their shape-shifting abilities could reveal lessons for how proteins fold at a molecular level, helping scientists design better ones. Written by Eryney Marrogi and Theodore Sternlieb.Read every article from Asimov Press, for free, at press.asimov.com.