An example of when a mis-folded protein caused problems in human health.

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An example of when a mis-folded protein caused problems in human health.

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Parkinson and Alzheimer can be caused by a misfolded protein. The proteins involved are alfa synuclein for Parkinson and beta amyloid peptide for Alzheimer.

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