What is a prion and how does it cause disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports

from Health Topics – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts · host Elizabeth Tracey

Prion diseases are caused in people when an aberrant form of a protein that is already in our bodies infects us, and causes the normal protein to fold like it, resulting in neurological disease. A new study found that one … What is a prion and how does it cause disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »

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