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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 disease represents a group of conditions that affect the nervous system in humans and animals.cquired prion disease results from exposure to PrP Sc from an outside source. For example, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is a type of acquired prion disease in humans that results from eating beef products containing PrP Sc from cattle with prion disease.