Variant of Mad Cow Disease Appears to Be Much More Virulent Than Classical Form
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
An atypical prion strain of mad cow disease, also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BS, is more virulent than the classical strain, according to a researcher who spoke Nov. 14 at Kansas State University.
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