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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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