Scientists convert proteins into prions

Monday, February 8, 2010 - 10:35 in Biology & Nature

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have converted normal protein into a prion -- an abnormal protein that causes brain disease in humans, sheep and cows.

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