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Heat shock proteins repair severe thermal damage

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Exposing the system to extreme warmth triggers specialized molecules that hastily re-fold damaged cellular structures. It is basically an emergency repair crew forcefully deployed to fix the biological equivalent of actively melting plastic.

Heat shock proteins repair severe thermal damage
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