What is a prion? And what does it do ?
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Proteins are the machines of our bodies. Whenever our body needs to do anything, it’s probably a protein that’s doing it.
The shape of the protein is important to it’s function. So if it’s built wrong, it doesn’t work right. If it’s built *really* wrong, it can be actively harmful. Imagine building an internal combustion engine, except oops, it got messed up and the combustion isn’t internal. That’s probably not great for the immediate surroundings. That’s basically what a prion is.
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