jueves, 16 de julio de 2009

What is a prion?

The word Prion is a compound word derived from the initial letters of the words proteinaceous and infectious, with -on added by analogy to the word virion.
In animals is called scrapie or cow mad disease.
In humans: Creutzfeldt Jakob, Kuru, fatal familial insomnia and Alzheimer disease.

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