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In fact, in the absence of Hsp104, prion aggregates continue to grow without increase in number and are rapidly lost in generations (Wegrzyn et al.
The gold standard of diagnosis is based on examination of the brain for spongiform lesions and abnormal prion aggregation.
It was hypothesized that switches between prion and non-prion forms of Sup35 enhance survival in fluctuating environments and provide a novel instrument for evolution of new traits.
A piece belittles Nobel Prize winner Stanley Prusiner's prion theory, calling it "pathological science" that is contrary to evidence and experience.
Nevertheless, Pennington goes into some detail in assessing the prion theory of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (he argues that a nucleic acid is not also involved).