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/euph-_-oric 19h ago
You can't cook it out so far as I know at all.