X-Message-Number: 10076 Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 07:41:12 -0400 From: Bozzonetti <> Subject: uncooking eggs From New Scientist, July 18 p. 23 : An unfolding story. >...snip >Now John Glover and Susan Lindquist, molecular geneticists at the university of Chicago, have foud >that a combination of three different Heat Shock Proteins (HSP) not only prevents protein tangles >forming but even untangles them after they have formed. The HSPs can restore the proteins to their >native, functional state within just a few minutes. >...snip >HSP 140 with HSP 70 and HSP 40 produced the best result. See too: Cell vol 94,p.73 If I recall well, most molecular effects of freezing come from drying inside cells and proteins unfolding (denaturation) and tangle. Freeze dryed molecules have the same problem. Yvan Bozzonetti. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10076