Scripps research study shows infectious prions can arise spontaneously in normal brain tissue
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 05:14
in Biology & Nature
In a startling new study that involved research on both sides of the Atlantic, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute in Florida and the University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology in England have shown for the first time that abnormal prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, can suddenly erupt from healthy brain tissue...