When Proteins Fold Wrong

One tiny mistake in your body’s building blocks can literally destroy your brain. Proteins are just

long chains of amino acids, kind of like a beaded necklace. But here is the

catch, they have to fold into perfect 3D shapes to actually work.

It happens in four specific levels, turning a simple string into complex machines like your

muscles or hemoglobin. But if just one bead is out of order, the whole structure collapses.

This is actually how Mad Cow Disease happens. One protein folds weird,

convinces others to do the same, and it’s game over. Your life literally depends on cellular

origami.