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by Marsymars 1793 days ago
> For prions specifically, the main "problem" (which is a good thing overall for us) is that they're naked proteins, and they denature relatively quickly when outside of a protective environment.

How does this jive with the seemingly extreme difficulty of effective sterilization of prion-contaminated objects?

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/32/9/1348/291736