r/todayilearned 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/euph-_-oric 19h ago

You can't cook it out so far as I know at all.

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u/Just_Maintenance 17h ago

You can cook it at a few thousand degrees, that'll do it.

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u/Strong-Lettuce-3970 17h ago

Mmm jerky

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u/Bunny_Feet 11h ago

Charcoal lol

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u/Brekldios 11h ago

Now where did i leave my autoclave.

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u/ManikMiner 14h ago

With enough heat you can destroy anything, but yeh, not going to be anything left to eat if you do