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Proteins do it all. Hemoglobin ferries oxygen around the body. Keratin structures hair, nails and skin. Insulin helps glucose convert into energy. The fold of a protein is critical to its function. Yet no one really knows specifically how protein folding happens. 1/15
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It’s the early 1960s. Biologists are growing proteins into crystals, bombarding them with X-rays and measuring how the rays bend — a technique known as X-ray crystallography. From there, they create ball and stick models. Every finished model represents years of work. 2/15
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