Prions Survive Crow Guts
Endless Forms,
Mad cow disease, kuru, chronic wasting disease—all of these ghastly illnesses are caused by prions--misfolded proteins in the…
Mad cow disease, kuru, chronic wasting disease—all of these ghastly illnesses are caused by prions--misfolded proteins in the…
Just when you thought prions couldn’t get any scarier, you find out that some birds can pass the infectious proteins intact…
Scavenging crow. Photo…
Crows fed on prion-infected brains from mice can transmit these infectious agents in their faeces and may play a role in the…