Found in the brains of sheep that had died of scrapie, this tiny particle has become the focus of much speculation as the potential contagion in this summer's British bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Found in the brains of sheep that had died of scrapie, this tiny particle has become the focus of much speculation as the potential contagion in this summer's British bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Their discoverer, American neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner, has speculated that they have a pivotal role in the formation of the plaque characteristic of such degenerative brain diseases as scrapie. FTP, name this minute particle consisting solely of protein.
Found in the brains of sheep that had died of scrapie, this tiny particle has become the focus of much speculation as the potential contagion in this summer's British bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
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