Assertion: prion | /r/HasProperty | real thing
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Prion is a word that sounds like a mcguffin in a sci-fi medical drama, but prions are a very real thing.
text: Once it was discovered that prions were the real cause of TSEs and that prions contained no nucleic acid, the term virions was discarded and these particles were renamed prions.