Scientists claim to have discovered the first new human prion in almost 50 years. Prions are misfolded proteins that make copies of themselves by inducing others to misfold. By so doing, they multiply and cause disease.

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Submitted September 02, 2015 at 06:04AM by madam1 http://ift.tt/1JKxdY8