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Protein Refolding at Large Scale

Protein plays a crucial role in what our bodies do. This in turn helps us to grow, be strong and keep healthy. Protein builds our muscles and organs. Digestive enzymes also help us to fight illness and transport vital nutrients our body requires. Proteins can become tangled, and thus lose their proper folding. IF this occurs, it creates havoc in our bodies leading to conditions such as Alzheimer's and cancer etc. But the thing that really characterises folded prions is that they form abnormal sizes and shapes, which means that these tiny broken bits are a long way from lumping up until you can see them with your naked eye once it gets to this stage — a very specific protein refolding process. If we are going to scale this up, it may be a challenge and tricky in some cases, but increasing our health is absolutely essential. But why do we have to "refold" proteins in the first place, how is it actually done by the scientists who work on this and what obstacles do they encounter along the way, as well as their potential applications in Pre-mixed Insulin medicine and technology

Protein refolding is very crucial in the development of new drugs, used to cure different diseases. There are many diseases, from Alzheimer's to cystic fibrosis, that occur when proteins become tangled and malfunction. When we look at the pharmaceutical industry, those companies need a whole lot of properly folded proteins in order to make new medicines. Back then harvesting the proteins was as simple as extracting them from their natural source, but this ancient method is incapable of providing us with enough of said proteins that our modern world requires. That is the reason why scientists need to look for improved and cost-effective methods to get properly folded proteins. This is where scientists can turn to large-scale protein refolding, permitting them to create the proteins necessary for medicines at a larger scale.

The science behind protein refolding techniques at industrial levels

There are different ways to try and refold proteins (each with their own steps/processes) some of which require incubation time, so I won't go into detail on those. Dialysis is a common method used when they refold proteins. During dialysis, the protein that crossed up is placed in a unique Cas9 1 solution where it can have appropriate folding behavior. In dialysis, the solution is periodically changed in order to convince the scrambled protein that it should lose some of its folded-up state. Although it can work, the process is long and needs skilled workers to handle this. Consequently, due to these hurdles Dialysis is not suitable for protein refolding on a large scale.

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