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Prions infect tissues and make them look spongy. This sample is from Mad Cow disease.

A prion (pronounced pree-on) is an infectious protein. The word is short for "proteinaceous infectious particles".

All known prion diseases in mammals affect the structure of the brain or other neural tissue. Right now, they cannot be treated and always end in death.

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