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The case for transmissible Alzheimer's grows

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  1. eladnarra
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    Welp, that was a good article to read at night when my health anxiety is more active /sarcasm Interesting that prions are so resistant to denaturing (as @Atvelonis points out). We didn't study...

    Welp, that was a good article to read at night when my health anxiety is more active /sarcasm

    Interesting that prions are so resistant to denaturing (as @Atvelonis points out). We didn't study them much in biochem beyond the general concept, and I would have assumed that things like proteases would be relatively effective. (I guess it makes sense, considering we can contract prion diseases by consuming tissues with them...)

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