Prion Problem
Olivier Andréoletti, a prion specialist at the National Veterinary School in Toulouse, France, reported in the medical journal Nature Medicine that he and his colleagues isolated a prion from the muscle of sheep infected with scrapie. Prions are normal proteins that for some reason have become improperly folded or mis-shapen. Some scientists theorize that the prion, which causes scrapie mutated forming the prion that causes BSE.Source: MeatNews
25 May 2004
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