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Does boiling denature cells

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Boiling can allow for the extraction of DNA.

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The living tissue is no longer living; it dies.

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Yes boiling water does denature it. Boiling water will change the chemistry of the proteins causing it to denature, and other proteins can longer cling to the cells.

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