Prions show their good side
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - 10:42
in Biology & Nature
Diseases such as mad cow result when the prion protein adopts an abnormal conformation. This infectious form creates a template that induces normal copies of the protein to misfold as well. Scientists have long assumed that prions must also have a beneficial side but have been unable to pinpoint any such favourable traits...
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