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Prions are a disease-causing form of a normal protein called cellular prion protein (PrPC) that is located primarily on the surface of central nervous system cells but also in other tissues of the body in mammals.
Prion diseases are a group of neurodegenerative diseases caused by prions, which are âproteinaceous infectious particles.â For some background, first see this introduction to prions. Prion diseases are caused by misfolded forms of the prion protein, also known as PrP.