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Well you see, they’re misfolded proteins and when they interact with properly folded proteins they uhhh… shit
To be fair, prions don’t know how they work either.
I have a book, Madness and Memory, by the guy who discovered them. It’s a bit droll but holy heck did they kill a shitload of mice
Half of all science involves torturing mice in some way
This, but it’s the most basic chemistry of life itself:
DNA is about as reliable as a cord.
