Prions —— The New Biology of Proteins

----- 朊毒：蛋白质新生物学

ISBN: 9780367391454 出版年：2005 页码：191 Soto, Claudio CRC Press

Prion-related diseases, known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are infectious, fatal neurodegenerative disorders for which there is no cure, treatment, nor even a means for early diagnosis. The horrific advent of Mad Cow Disease -- transmitted to humans through eating meat from steers sickened by bovine spongiform encephalopathy