Prion and mad cow
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The European Dana Alliance for the Brain CONTACT Béatrice Roth, PhD Institut de Physiologie 7, rue du Bugnon CH–1005 Lausanne Switzerland Tel./Fax: +41 21 692 55 25 [email protected] www.unil.ch/edab Elaine Snell Vicarage House 58-60 Kensington Church Street London W8 4DB, UK Tel. : +44 207 937 7713 Fax: +44 207 937 4314 [email protected] www.edab.net 1,5–6 WHERE NOW “MAD COW” DISEASE? 2–4 ANTIPRIONS: ANTIBODIES: A STRATEGY AGAINST CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE AND MAD COW DISEASE? to cooking or sterilization, and dooms its victims to a horrible death.
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Prion diseases: Transmission from mad cows?
Prion diseases in humans show considerable clinical and pathological heterogeneity. The identification of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and its interpretation as evidence of transmission of mad cow disease to man, rely critically on our understanding of the epidemiology of prion diseases.
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