A false-color, high-res microscopic view of prions. Prions are rogue, misfolded proteins that arise in the brain and cause neurodegenerative diseases with a 100% fatality rate. They can even be transmitted between people.
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Top Reddit Reactions
“I had a great uncle die of cruetzfeldt-jakobs in the 1960s. He got it after having a piece of sheep bone used to repair a wound in North Africa in ww2.”
“Prions are one hell of a biological nightmare:
\-One of the few diseases with a 100% mortality rate.
\-Takes YEARS before manifesting itself.
\-Can’t be treated in any way to the point all medical equipement that entered in contact with an infected person must be incenerated immediatly.”
“It ain’t just deer, this shit can live in the ground for years! Prions definitely next level scary shit”