<prompt> Prion is a?DNARNAProteinPolysacchride  <response>: ANSWER: C ProteinREF: Harrisons 18th ed chapter 383Prions are infectious proteins that cause degeneration of the central nervous system CNS. Prion diseases are disorders of protein conformation, the most common of which in humans is called Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseDiseaseHostMechanism of PathogenesisHuman KuruFore peopleInfection through ritualistic cannibalismiCJDHumansInfection from prion-contaminated hGH, duramater grafts, etc.vCJDHumansInfection from bovine prionfCJDHumansGerm-line mutations in PRNPGSSHumansGerm-line mutations in PRNPFFlHumansGerm-line mutation in PRNP D178N, Ml29sCJDHumansSomatic mutation or spontaneous conversionof PrPC into PrPSc sFIHumansSomatic mutation or spontaneous conversionof PrPC into PrPScCJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; FFI fatal familial insomnia, GSS Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease 