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From: mvp@hsv3.uucp (Mike Van Pelt)
Newsgroups: sci.nanotech
Subject: Prions
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Date: 4 Jan 91 02:51:19 GMT
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In article <Dec.31.18.35.03.1990.25921@athos.rutgers.edu> cphoenix@csli.stanford.edu (Chris Phoenix) writes:
>Several years ago I heard of something called prions, which the
>discussion of self-replicating chemicals reminded me of.

I was told recently that prions were just a hypothesis, which
turned out not to be true after all.  I know I haven't seen
anything about them in years -- Anyone else have more info?
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