[an_account_name]

Wow, the Wikipedia page for Kuru says there’s a mutation of the Kuru prion that confers immunity to Kuru. That’s crazy to me, but makes sense from a selection perspective.

[mirimir]

Also caused by a prion mutation is Fatal Familial Insomnia (F.F.I.).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18653241