From: Alan Cairns 

On 28/12/03 8:00 PM, in article 3fefa6d4$1{at}w3.nls.net, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:

> Do these prions reproduce themselves?  Are they alive in the sense that a
> virus is alive, sort of?


Less than a virus. They can't be said to reproduce. In their presence
similar protein molecules adopt their peculiar mis-foldedness.

Alan

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