Prions are proteins that act as an infectious agent. They cause a variety of diseases, including "mad cow" disease. Prions cannot produce more potions on their own, but cause the host organism to replicate more prions. Most scientist don't consider prions to be alive. A valid reason for accepting that prions are non living things is that
A) no living thing can cause disease
B) proteins are inorganic molecules
C) prions contain all of the material needed to reproduce
D) prions cannot carry out reproduction independently


PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS THE CORRECT ANSWER