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Prion

Biology

A prion is a misfolded protein that has the ability to transmit its misfolded shape onto normal variants of the same protein, causing progressive neurodegenerative diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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Proposed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1982 1
Proposed BySourced to the subject's own account
Stanley B. Prusiner 1
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1. Prion (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    A prion is a misfolded protein that can induce abnormal folding of specific normal cellular proteins, causing disease.
  • Lead section (proposed-year)
    The term prion was coined in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner, who proposed the protein-only hypothesis of infectious disease.
  • Lead section (proposed-by)
    The term prion was coined in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner, who proposed the protein-only hypothesis of infectious disease.
  • Proposed By: Stanley B. Prusiner, History section (edge: proposed-by, Prusiner)
    In 1982, Stanley B. Prusiner of the University of California, San Francisco, announced that his team had purified the hypothetical infectious protein, which did not appear to be present in healthy hosts.
  • Belongs To: Biology, Lead, sentence 1
    A prion ( ) is a misfolded protein that induces folding problems in normal variants of the same protein, leading to cellular death.
  • Belongs To: Medicine, Lead, sentence 2
    Prions are responsible for prion diseases, which are fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases affecting animals, including humans.
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