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Explain (in 100 words or less) what prions are,what diseases they cause in humans and what makes these diseasesespecially difficult to treat.

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Prions are diseasecausing proteinaceous agents that cause many deadly degenerative diseases in humans and animals The word prion refers to proteinaceous infectious particle Most of the diseases caused by prions are deadly    See Answer
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