Did Life Begin From…Prions??

Prions as known as agents of chaos responsible for mad cow and other fatal brain diseases. But just might be the reason life exists at all. Scientists are now exploring whether these shape-shifting proteins were the spark that transformed chemistry into biology on primordial Earth.

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