Assertion: prion | /r/HasProperty | responsible for mad cowdisease
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text: Second, the demonstration that prions are responsible for 'mad cow' disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), which has infected large numbers of cattle in Great Britain and panicked the public, has lent new urgency to the quest for a cure--especially since the discovery that infected cows might be responsible for several new cases of CJD in humans.