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.