Researchers study how infection travels from gut to brain

Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 13:40 in Biology & Nature

Stephen FellerEDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Researchers discovered how prions hijack part of the immune system to spread from the gut to the brain where they destroy neural function and kill their host.

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