A penny for your prions: Researchers study link between copper, mad cow disease

Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 18:28 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University researchers have discovered a link between copper and the normal functioning of prion proteins, which are associated with transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases such as Cruetzfeldt-Jakob in humans or "mad cow" disease in cattle.

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