Prions
have been a mistery for scientists from the day they where
discovered. act like viruses but they are not. Their structure and
chemistry are unknown. They are believed to be proteins but that is yet to be
completely proved.
Prion stands for “proteinaceous infectious particles”. Prions are known
to cause many diseases involved with nervous systems like the brain. They are
the ones that cause the well known “ mad cow ” disesase in Britain and “scrapie”
for animals. For humans they are known to cause a rare disease in Papua New
Guinea called Kuru ( or “laughi ....
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