Prions are misfolded proteins that can induce the misfolding of normal proteins in the brain, leading to diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and mad cow disease. They are not living entities, cannot be diagnosed with a simple blood test, are not associated with many tissue types (primarily affecting neural tissue), and do not contain nucleic acids.

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Prions Are

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Prions are

A) associated with many tissue types.
B) living, acellular entities.
C) diagnosed with a simple blood test.
D) misfolded proteins which can cause normal versions to also misfold.
E) infectious nucleic acids.

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