Prions are
A) a form of RNA virus.
B) a form of DNA virus.
C) a viroid.
D) an infectious protein.
E) an infected protein.

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Prions are misfolded proteins that can cause other proteins to misfold and accumulate in the brain, leading to neurodegenerative diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and mad cow disease. They are not viruses or viroids, but infectious proteins that do not contain genetic material like DNA or RNA.

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