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Prion

I've contributed quite a bit to this article and although it's been given 'good article' status I'd like it to be as good as possible. It would be nice if it could be an informative source for scientists and medics who are interested, but also accessible to everyone, and it's difficult to get the balance right and still make it easy to read. I also was not sure whether it needed a section on prion strains - this is still a bit controversial so it would be quite speculative and maybe is a bit too academic for this kind of article? I love this subject so it would be great if this could be good enough for a featured article. --Purple 02:42, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I should add that that factually I think it's fine, it was reviewed by Nature and any errors have been corrected.--Purple 03:13, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Nice article. I think I'd also like to read about the research into how to revert prions. Also I believe there have been some results that show prions can also serve a beneficial role for some life forms.[1]

[2] Could you give the second illustration a caption? It is not immediately clear what it is showing. Thanks. — RJH 19:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

There's another article on 'good' prions (fungal prions). Perhaps the main prion article could mention that side of things a bit more prominently, like in the intro--Purple 03:14, 13 March 2006 (UTC).

Speculation

[3]: Whoa. I'm glad I followed to the article on fungus. Those ruminations make me a lot more comfortable with my speculation about prions being involved in swelling. 216.234.170.74 10:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

More tangible results of my speculation are in this article about inflammation in Alzheimer's and prion diseases. 216.234.170.74 13:29, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I see that someone found the appropriate tag for speculation: {{OR}} Brewhaha@edmc.net 04:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)