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Prions
Ed Cara
Researchers think they’ve solved one of the most enduring mysteries of a strange, always-fatal disease that turns both people and cows mad. In experiments with genetically manipulated mice, they found direct evidence that mad cow disease—a condition caused by a zombie-like, brain-destroying protein called a prion—can be caused by contact…
A Rochester, New York, resident might have caught one of the most frightening brain diseases around in one of the strangest ways possible — eating squirrel meat contaminated with zombie-like proteins.
Among the myriad of things that can afflict us, prions remain one of the creepiest pathogens out there. A new report by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention highlights yet another reason why: People can come down with a prion disease at least 30 years after first being exposed…
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