Can Proteins kill you? | Earth Science

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Proteins are a major part of many of our diets, but can they be deadly? Greg Foot explains all. Subscribe to Earth Science: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab Earth Science Originals http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best Of BBC Earth Videos http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House http://bit.ly/TheDoctorsAreInTheHouse Footnotes 1 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-a-prion-specifica/ 2 https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6429/fatal-familial-insomnia 3 http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/06/482952588/when-people-ate-people-a-strange-disease-emerged 4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6801762 5 http://www.healthline.com/health/kuru#overview1 6 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/aug/25/features.weekend Welcome to BBC Earth Science! Here we answer all your curious questions about science in the world around you.

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