Re:The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows
by nonbel on Sunday February 10, 2019 @01:16PM
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Amyloid-Beta is a specific instance of amyloids, while prions are a class of amyloids:
>"Some amyloid proteins are infectious; these are called prions in which the infectious form can act as a template to convert other non-infectious proteins into infectious form."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloid
So if amyloid-beta is determined to be "infectious" (however that is done) then it would be put in the prion subclass of amyloids.
>"Some amyloid proteins are infectious; these are called prions in which the infectious form can act as a template to convert other non-infectious proteins into infectious form." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloid
So if amyloid-beta is determined to be "infectious" (however that is done) then it would be put in the prion subclass of amyloids.