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They look like beautiful flowers and perfect diamonds. In reality, these
are proteins from the gut, muscles, mucus and tears – all biological
substances from humans and animals – in crystallized form.
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Labyrint E/11
– University of Tromsø
OXYGEN TRANSPORTER
This crystal looks like a flower, but is in reality myoglobin, which is a protein that transports
oxygen in the muscles, in this case from a horse.
ACTIVE IN CANCER CELLS
When cells grow under stress, as they do with cancer, this helper protein
helps to ensure the proper function of many cell products.
MASTER BUILDER
This enzyme is called trypsin, and is found in the intestine. It converts the food we eat into build-
ing blocks for the body. This example comes from a cow.
The body's beautiful jewels