Maybe this was buried in some of the links supplied, but I wasn’t clear on this.
As I understand it, here are the facts that have actually been proved:
- “Something” causes the proteins to become warped.
- This warping then spreads to other proteins.
- Over time, you end up with (in the words of Admiral Al Calivicci) a “swiss cheese” brain, and eventually die.
So. . .
Is the “theory” then that these warped proteins or protein fragments are caused by “prions.” I’m not sure where the facts end and where the conjecture begins. Is the point of contention just what starts this deformation? Is it (the conjecture) that these warped proteins are transmissible? That also seems to be a documented fact.