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>transmitted by surgical instrument I admit am a biology noob, but doesn't that imply that the cause is a Virus/bacteria or some sort of agent?
by noobie 11y ago
>transmitted by surgical instrument
I admit am a biology noob, but doesn't that imply that the cause is a Virus/bacteria or some sort of agent?
- ars 11y agoThat's what this article is claiming. Too early to really know. And it might be like a prion: A bad protein, rather than a living organism.
- adrianN 11y agoAnd prions are for some reason really hard to kill. Autoclaving only "somewhat" deactivates them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion#Sterilization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion#Sterilization