Normal 'mad cow' protein helps keep cells talking, study suggests
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 19:28
in Biology & Nature
A group of German researchers may have figured out why a protein that can turn rogue and cause fatal illnesses such as mad cow disease exists in large quantities inside cows, humans and other animals.
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