Assertion: prion's role | /r/HasProperty | understood other flaw
Facets:
value: incompletely
type: MANNER
value: in current understanding of prion pathophysiology
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Several scientific observations remain unexplained by the prion hypothesis: It is known that mice with severe combined immunodeficiency do not develop scrapie following inoculation with brain tissue from animals infected with scrapie, suggesting that either the role of immunity in prion pathogenesis is incompletely understood or that there is some other flaw in current understanding of prion pathophysiology.