Kuru and mad cow disease: understanding the prion theory.
A preponderance of evidence indicates that several neurodegenerative disorders are caused by prions: abnormally folded proteins that can induce abnormal folding in other normal protein molecules. Further, these "infections" can cross some species barriers.
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Department of Medicine MetroHealth, Medical Center, Cleveland, USA.
D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007729:Kuru / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011328:Prions; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding
D011328:Prions