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I think the underlying biology here is pretty well known. They bump around in your body causing proteins to misfold which cascades as badly folded proteins bump
by ch4s3 2y ago
I think the underlying biology here is pretty well known. They bump around in your body causing proteins to misfold which cascades as badly folded proteins bump into other proteins and cause misfolding. This eventually kills you, because there's no immune mechanism to purge misfolded proteins or to correct them.
- Enginerrrd 2y agoYes, but there's quite a bit of variation in how susceptible an individual's PrP is (genetic variation) to a particular strain of prion. That matters a LOT in terms of likelihood of getting infected, and duration of disease progression.