New Pee Test Could Tell If People Have Human 'Mad Cow' Disease

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

People with a type of rare and fatal brain disorder linked to the consumption of tainted beef have prions — infectious proteins that cause the disease — in their urine, a new study finds.

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