Question

prions commonly affect which type or tissue matter in the human body? 1 endocrine 2.connective .3 cardiac 4 nervous

Answer 1

Prions are infectious agents composed entirely of a protein material that can fold in multiple, structurally abstract ways, at least one of which is transmissible to other prion proteins, leading to disease in a manner that is epidemiologically comparable to the spread of viral infection. Prions composed of the prion protein are believed to be the cause of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ) among other diseases.