A "prion" is a protein that occurs normally in life. Generally it is harmless. But if its form changes, its essence changes. By folding into an aberrant shape, the normal prion turns into a rogue agent. It then converts other nearby normal prions to change their shape. They then become rogue prions too. They then continue their contagion and become autonomous. So it becomes a disease. Not bacterial. Not viral. And it is a protein that reproduces but has no DNA.
Think of that. Reproduction without DNA. Reproduction by proximity.
In other words, it is probably an alien.
Think of that. Reproduction without DNA. Reproduction by proximity.
In other words, it is probably an alien.
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