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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.
The statement that a prion is an infectious, self-reproducing protein structure is true. Prion is short for short for proteinaceous infectious particle. All known prion diseases in mammals affect the structure of the brain or other neural tissue. Hope this answers the question. Comments.