PRION ETYMOLOGY. “The word itself derives from ‘proteinaceous infectious particle’; it refers to the initially heretical hypothesis that the infectious agent causing those diseases consists only of protein, with no nucleic acid genome. (All previously known pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, contain nucleic acids, which enable them to reproduce.).”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022