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▲ rf15 6 hours ago

They're all the same in my understanding, just named differently because they have been observed separately before any understanding about PrP existed. And yes, that means they're also all long-lived. These proteins do not decay like more useful molecules or more complex organic matter.

▲literalAardvark 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Some of them are the same, but some aren't. CWD is a prion separate from BSE for instance, but BSE is caused by the same prion as Creutzfeldt-Jacob.