Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems, or even death. The term poliomyelitis is from the Greek polios poliÃ³s meaning, grey myelos myelÃ³s referencing the, spinal-cord and itis. Meaning inflammation polio can be classified as either symptomatic. or asymptomatic
1 Prions are proteins that can force conformational changes in natural proteins and seem to cause disease (kuru, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and fatal familial insomnia).  A virus is an obligate intracellular pathogen (meaning that it must live within the cells of its host in order to reproduce).
Definition (NCI) Any substance that inhibits mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR or FK506 binding protein 12-rapamycin associated protein 1 (FRAP1)), a serine/threonine protein kinase that is active in the control of cell growth, cell proliferation, and cell motility. Inhibition of mTOR can inhibit cell proliferation.