France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal brain disease strikes

Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by ekianjo on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @09:52AM (#27983729)

I know, but it's a poor choice of word since it's nothing like viruses or bacteria.

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by nkmnz on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @09:57AM (#27983785)

Viruses are nothing like bacteria, so it doesn’t make any sense to restrict the term of “infection” to those two.

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by Asraelite on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:16PM (#27988363)

It is interesting though that we don't consider things like lead and radiation to be "infections".

Is the difference between an infection and poisoning replication?

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by Enginerrrd on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:14PM (#27989802)

I'd say so.

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