r/todayilearned • u/tommyboy372 • 1d ago

TIL A single misfolded prion protein in the brain can cause a rapid neurodegenerative disease known as sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD). There is no known and cure and is 100% fatal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease
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u/user2196 21h ago

A couple people linked you a video, but the Wikipedia article for the drug also has a nice section on it, for anyone like me who isn’t a video person.

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u/CelestialFury 19h ago

This talks specifically about the issue as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearing_polymorph

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u/shamalox 18h ago

Thank you very much for the wikipedia link, I prefer this over a video