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A comment on French moratorium on prion studies after two cases of fatal brain disease (2021). Parent comment
The only known human prion proteins seem to be a few orders of magnitude smaller than that though, and they don't appear to adapt.
Are you saying it's possible for prions to emerge from large proteins with the ability to adapt?
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The only known human prion proteins seem to be a few orders of magnitude smaller than that though, and they don't appear to adapt.
Are you saying it's possible for prions to emerge from large proteins with the ability to adapt?