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The “brave new world” of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (infectious cerebral amyloidosis)

  • Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Part II: Transmissible Neurodegenerative Disorders (Proceedings of the symposium “Transmissible and Nontransmissible Neurodegenerative Disorders” held in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, February 28–March 5, 1993)
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The story of transmissible human spongiform encephalopathy, from its origins to the present time, enjoys the commentary of a cast of characters from Shakespeare's imaginary island inThe Tempest, with a brief visit to the real island of Tasmania for a bird's eye view of the prion, and some concluding thoughts about the current state of research in the netherworlds of molecular biology and physical chemistry.

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Brown, P. The “brave new world” of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (infectious cerebral amyloidosis). Mol Neurobiol 8, 79–87 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02780657

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