"Plus they replicate without DNA or RNA.
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Yup. And you can't kill them, hardly. Kinda like alien lifeforms, huh?
Mad cow disease lurking everywhere. Who knows? Maybe human aging itself is prion-based. We're just beginning to learn about prions, really. Lots to learn, it seems.
But, what the heck. We'll just teach the kids that Goddidit and that they don't need to learn this false science stuff. After all, the end times are coming anyhow, so what's the point? </TIC>
Sorry. Spastic double-click.
LOL!
I met Prusiner twice. The first time I told him he was full of it concerning prions. His data were pretty skimpy at that time. The second time I cornered him and told him that it was I who was full of it. I thanked him for persevering. Such is the life of a scientist. Facts instill such an awesome sense of humility (except for some, however).