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Amyloids and prions represent aggregates of misfolded proteins, which consist of protein polymer fibrils with cross-beta sheet structure. Understanding of their occurrence and role is developing rapidly. Initially, they were found associated with mammalian diseases, mainly of neurodegenerative nature. Now they are known to relate to a range of non-disease phenomena in different species from mammals...