Kuru and mad cow disease: Understanding the prion theory
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1998 June;65(6):291-292, 294-296
June 1, 1998|Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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ABSTRACT
A preponderance of evidence indicates that several neurodegenerative disorders are caused by prions: abnormally folded proteins that can induce abnormal folding in other normal protein molecules. Further, these “infections” can cross some species barriers.
