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		an_account_name on Dec 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prions, Nearly Indestructible and Universally Leth... Wow, the Wikipedia page for Kuru says there’s a mutation of the Kuru prion that confers immunity to Kuru. That’s crazy to me, but makes sense from a selection perspective.

mirimir on Dec 11, 2018 [–]

Also caused by a prion mutation is Fatal Familial Insomnia (F.F.I.).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18653241

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