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Don't prions reproduce by re-folding other proteins to match themselves?

• gostsamo 5y ago
  Infection means contamination / spoilage. https://www.etymonline.com/word/infection https://www.etymonline.com/word/infection
  • jjk166 5y ago
    Prions contaminate
  • LatteLazy 5y ago
    I'm just saying it does reproduce (or replicate to use the exact same word op used). Whether it's correct to use any of the other terms I will leave to others
• ekianjo 5y ago
  they dont replicate.
  • LatteLazy 5y ago
    Actually, they do. They refold normal proteins into more versions of themselves. I went and checked after this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion#Prion_replication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion#Prion_replication There is a complex dependence on forming fibres that makes them slow (long lead time to symptoms) and then fast (dead soon after getting sick).