@tilscience: We’ve got new prions lore people!! 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. 1. Jacqui M. A. Carnall et al. ,Mechanosensitive Self-Replication Driven by Self-Organization.Science327,1502-1506(2010).DOI:10.1126/science.1182767 2. Stephen D. Fried, Kosuke Fujishima, Mikhail Makarov, Ivan Cherepashuk, Klara Hlouchova; Peptides before and during the nucleotide world: an origins story emphasizing cooperation between proteins and nucleic acids. J R Soc Interface 1 February 2022; 19 (187): 20210641. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0641 #prions #biology #chemistry #Science #mindblown
you're telling me that a protein folded itself wrong 4 billion years ago, and because of it, I have to pay taxes
2026-02-07 07:38:23
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Nightmare Panthera 🇨🇦🏍️ :
You: "Prions!"
Me: *Fearful screaming*
2026-02-07 15:34:11
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Kristopher Lawson :
For once there’s no comment about it being “god”, which is so refreshing.
2026-02-07 05:34:57
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devhaz08 :
LUCA and I go way back
2026-02-07 20:59:23
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lauren :
“when did chemistry become biology?” i’m here still wondering when physics became chemistry 😭😭
2026-02-07 16:41:04
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Loser :
Man it is so crazy that something as scary and threatening to modern day life like prions could have been what initiated it in the beginning. Like how some of our DNA was ‘donated’ to us by early viruses. Sometimes our enemies help us
2026-02-06 20:56:46
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Josh K :
Prion redemption arc was not on my 2026 bingo card
2026-02-09 05:10:37
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hunter hues 🍉🏳️⚧️ :
AS A BIO MAJOR THIS IS SO EXCITING THANK YOU
2026-02-07 06:53:54
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KillerQueen :
So prions, one of the deadliest things out there, might have made life. Tbh that tracks
2026-02-08 15:19:58
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Eddie :
amino acids can ride asteroid & prions are more resistant than amino acids. I
wouldn't be surprised if prions rode an extraterrestrial object to earth
2026-02-07 04:50:52
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jmee⸆⸉ :
why am i on prion-tok WHAT DID I DO
2026-02-07 12:20:36
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David F :
This is fascinating! I only knew prions as a danger to cannibalism before lmao
2026-02-07 06:26:10
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☥𝑲𝒆𝒚𝒕𝒐𝒏🪶𝑾𝒚𝒂𝒕𝒕☥ :
I knew my attention span was just fine
2026-02-07 23:46:33
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🍁🍁🍁 :
oh hey the more advanced form of the egg or chicken debate haha
2026-02-07 04:54:21
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500 miles 500 miles up my ahh :
I hope #thosepeople don’t find this video
2026-02-07 11:16:58
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Etrancical :
yesss, my professor made us argue between RNA and Protein world hypothesis, and I was intent on supporting the protein side, but I literally could not come up with a single method of reproduction. Prions being that link is such an interesting response
2026-02-07 17:59:14
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Khristafer :
I had to turn off 2x and go back to hear "single Pringle protein"
2026-02-07 06:22:38
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אנה דרורה🧛🏻♀️ana d’rora :
LOL
2026-02-07 13:17:17
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laku_noc :
Miller-Urey mentioned!!! (I just studied that✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️)
2026-02-06 21:20:34
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Lupita :
Me, not understanding any of this: tell me more. 🧐🤔
2026-02-07 16:48:07
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jennie :
Luca? Wdym we are all Italian 💔
2026-02-07 22:18:05
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nicole :
How do we know that we HAD to decend from one ancestor? Is it not possible that life formed more than once? Or does DNA 🧬 indicate that we absolutely all had one common ancestor?
2026-02-06 23:34:22
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Marie🆘🇺🇸 :
I am terrified of prions and I think about them way tol often to be normal 😳
2026-02-07 07:19:43
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Ayo98 :
I love the questions when we get closer to an answer in science
2026-02-07 04:23:41
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niana :) :
i thought the title said new PRISON lore and i was like “um okay, idk what this has to do with science but im down i guess ??” 😭😭
2026-02-09 03:45:17
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