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The Prion Hypothesis

Nila Ottilige ottilige at 99main.com
Thu Jan 21 01:35:00 EST 1999


There is an article about infectious agents including prions in the Feb.
1999 Natural History Magazine.  The Natural History website can be found at
http://www.amnh.org
shootingstar21 at hotmail.com wrote in message
<783vt3$jco$1 at nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>How sound is the prion hypothesis by Stanley Prusiner and how exactly does
a
>normal protein change into a shape that can cause disease and distort other
>normal proteins into the "bad" shape? Also, specifically, what is the
>experimental evidence for the prion hypothesis and what are the new
>developments, if any, in the theory and in finding cures for prion
diseases?
>
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