Assertion: prion | /r/HasProperty | prusiner
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text: The discovery that prions form amyloid prompted one of us to suggest that the common neurodegenerative diseases are also caused by prions (Prusiner 1984; Prusiner 2001) despite the inability to transmit such illnesses to monkeys and apes (Goudsmit et al. 1980).
text: Prions, which were defined as proteinaceous, infectious particles lacking genetic material (Prusiner, 1997), constitute well-established infectious agents (along with bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites) and an important source of concern with regard to animal and human health.