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prion
A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
Five public research institutions in France have imposed a 3-month moratorium on the study of prions—a class of misfolding, infectious proteins that cause fatal brain diseases—afte…
Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.
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📚 noun • entry_id 10872
prion
/ˈpɹʌɪən/
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pato-petrel
A petrel of the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.
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