On: Deadly animal prion disease appears in Europe

[jcfrei]

Since when can we reliably test for prions? Could it be that those misfolded proteins have been around forever?

[FilterSweep → jcfrei]

Possibly, but the modern age has considerably more vectors for exposure to these misfolded proteins, and the last statement of what logfromblammo said[0], these misfolding proteins don't always affect core processes of the body.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11534177