“PRIONS are not considered living organisms because they are misfolded protein molecules which may propagate by transmitting a misfolded protein state. If a prion enters a healthy organism, it induces existing, properly folded proteins to convert into the misfolded prion form. In this way, the prion acts as a template to guide the misfolding of more proteins into prion form.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
linkedin post 2022-06-29 05:12:48
Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022