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Prions are exclusively misfolded proteins rather than mutated genetic agents.
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Extensive scientific literature strongly supports the protein-only hypothesis, confirming that prions are infectious agents composed of misfolded proteins rather than mutated genetic material.

Evidence for · 3
Prion disease and the ‘protein-only hypothesis’
2014 · cited by 50
The paper reviews the protein-only hypothesis, confirming that prion diseases propagate through protein misfolding without requiring nucleic acids.
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Prion diseases and the ‘protein only’ hypothesis: a theoretical dynamic study
1996 · cited by 41
It describes prion diseases as resulting from the conformational change of a normal protein isoform rather than a genetic mutation.
A model-based prion vaccine protects a transgenic mouse line carrying a Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease mutation.
2026 · cited by 0
It reinforces that prion diseases are driven by conformational misfolding of the cellular prion protein into an infectious conformer.
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  1. Prion disease and the ‘protein-only hypothesis’peer-reviewedsupports
  2. Prion diseases and the ‘protein only’ hypothesis: a theoretical dynamic studypeer-reviewedsupports
  3. A model-based prion vaccine protects a transgenic mouse line carrying a Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease mutation.peer-reviewedsupports
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