stackyFACTSImagine a malicious origami artist breaking into your house and violently refolding all your furniture until the house collapses.
Imagine a malicious origami artist breaking into your house and violently refolding all your furniture until the house collapses. That is a prion. Instead of being a living organism, it is just a misfolded, rogue protein that forces other perfectly normal proteins to adopt its twisted shape. It relentlessly spreads this destructive structural peer pressure, turning vital tissue into a literal sponge with absolutely no cure in sight.
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