France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal brain disease strikes

Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by LatteLazy on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:04AM (#27983879)

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

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by ekianjo on Thursday July 29, 2021 @08:57AM (#27995928)

they dont replicate.

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by LatteLazy on Thursday July 29, 2021 @01:06PM (#27998727)

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

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).

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by gostsamo on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:11AM (#27983958)

Infection means contamination / spoilage.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/infection

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by jjk166 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:48AM (#27985203)

Prions contaminate

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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by LatteLazy on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:20PM (#27989873)

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

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