👉 In biophysics, a prion is an infectious protein that forms a clumpy or dense structure called a "proteinaceous particle" (PAP) in an organism's brain. Prions are believed to be responsible for the development of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by the accumulation of prion proteins.
Prions are typically found in the brains of animals that have been infected with a virus or other infectious agent. In the
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