• Shou@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    They don’t self-replicate. They interact with well-folded versions of the protein. Causing them to unfold and aggregate into plaques.

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      11 months ago

      yeah, so they are similar to viruses in that they cant self-replicate because they need something very specific to attach onto to replicate.