Proteins alone will not replicate.
>Proteins alone will not replicate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
Prions don't really replicate either, they cause other existing proteins of the same type to fold wrongly also. It's more like an ice-9 situation.
That is also a very rare thing, it's not going to happen with any random protein and certainly not one that isn't native to the human body.
Prions don't really replicate either, they cause other existing proteins of the same type to fold wrongly also. It's more like an ice-9 situation.
That is also a very rare thing, it's not going to happen with any random protein and certainly not one that isn't native to the human body.
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