title: Prion biology and diseases--laughing cannibals, mad cows, and scientific heresy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0518, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Prusiner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002190:Cannibalism; D002417:Cattle; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D011328:Prions / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D019076:Transgenes
chemical_list: D011328:Prions