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Clearing Hurdles: Prions Know How to Do It
Researchers have some answers on how these infectious proteins overcome species barriers, yet investigators are still stymied on the issue of reinfectivity
The Scientist 2004, 18(11):18
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In the relative quiet following the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United Kingdom, BSE returned to the headlines recently with a sole case found in the United States and new strains of BSE prion protein identified in France, Italy, and Japan. And, in May, French researchers said they found scrapie prion in sheep muscle, showing for the first time that prions have a direct path to the grocery store.[1]
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