Prusiner proved that prions are a deformed version of an otherwise harmless protein called PRP.

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Performance-related pay (PRP) will have a "catastrophic effect" on teacher recruitment and retention, the ATL says.

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Allegedly fiscally-conservative members of Congress have also been perfecting their PRP skills for years.

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Instead, scientists believe that it "recruits" another natural protein, PrP, which sits on the surface of brain cells, to become like it.

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