Prion infectivity found in white and brown fat tissues of mice
Friday, December 5, 2008 - 11:35
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the Scripps Research Institute have found novel prion infectivity in white and brown fat tissues of mice. The study appears December 5 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
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