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noun - (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid
noun - a protein particle
PRIONS - Prions are misfolded proteins that are associated with several fatal neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans. It is not known what causes th...
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Infectious protein particles |
Proteins responsible for mad cow disease |
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Sep 17 2017 New York Times |
Nov 5 2010 Irish Times (Simplex) |
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Plural form of prion. |
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Prions are misfolded proteins that are associated with several fatal neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans. It is not known what causes the normal prion protein to misfold; the abnormal 3-D structure is suspected to confer infectious properties. The word prion derives from proteinaceous infectious particle. Prions composed of the prion protein (PrP) are hypothesized as the cause of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), including scrapie in sheep and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattleknown popularly as "mad cow disease". In humans, prions have been hypothesized as the cause of CreutzfeldtJakob disease (CJD) and its variant (vCJD), GerstmannSträusslerScheinker syndrome, fatal familial insomnia, and kuru. All known prion diseases in mammals affect the structure of the brain or other neural tissue; all are progressive, have no known effective treatment, and are always fatal. Multiple system atrophy (MSA), a rare human neurodegenerative disease, features |