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Wow, the Wikipedia page for Kuru says there’s a mutation of the Kuru prion that confers immunity to Kuru. That’s crazy to me, but makes sense from a selection p
by an_account_name 8y ago
Wow, the Wikipedia page for Kuru says there’s a mutation of the Kuru prion that confers immunity to Kuru. That’s crazy to me, but makes sense from a selection perspective.
- mirimir 8y agoAlso caused by a prion mutation is Fatal Familial Insomnia (F.F.I.). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18653241 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18653241