Prion world
From Gnomon Chronicles
What percentage of beef-eating Americans diagnosed with dementia are in fact suffering from prion diseases?
And of those beef-eaters not yet demented, what percentage have prions rotting their brains?
Beef is the best-known and I assume largest prion vector.
But all animals are vulnerable to prion diseases: sheep, pigs, fish, insects that we know of — presumably all animals.
Also: plants can uptake prions from soil, and these prions remain infectious.
One wonders if prion-based life forms will succeed our own.
Evolution is an ongoing process: we are not the final species.
- Post @ Facebook (9 May 2025)
