In what kind of micro organisms does pryon belong? Is it a type of virus? I’ve heard that pryons are responsible for development of cow mad disease. What kind of drugs can fight pryon organisms? How does it affect human body, what organs are affected by pryons?
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Prion is unique type that doesn’t belong to any of known kind of microorganisms. It’s made from proteins. Name prion is short for proteinaceous infectious particle. It’s not just cow madness that is caused by prions, there is list of diseases so called transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases. So, prions primary affect brain. These diseases are fatal and still untreatable.
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