'Lifeless' prions capable of evolutionary change and adaptation
Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 20:28
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have determined for the first time that prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, are capable of Darwinian evolution.
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