Prions: Concept, Biology, and Applications in Biotechnology

Interest in prion diseases has been fuelled by the panic that originated from the appearance of a new variant of Crutzfeldt-Jakob disease and the evidence linking it to human exposure to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent. This book describes the science, concepts, hypothesis, and mechanisms of prion disease transmission. It covers human and animal prion diseases, their incidence, prevalence, origin, and clinical and neuropathologic characteristics. The author provides scientific facts and explanation of the relevance to and implications of the findings for science in general.

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