Pruisner concluded that the infective agent of CJD was not a virus because it was not sensitive to radiation which mutates nucleic acids.
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Pruisner discovered that the infectious agent causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) was resistant to treatments that would typically damage nucleic acids, suggesting it was not a virus but rather a protein, which he termed a prion.

Pruisner Concluded That the Infective Agent of CJD Was Not