Prions & BSE

[Kevin Woolley]

I was a Mol Biol grad student back in the early 80's and I remember 
reading the about Scrapie and Prions back then when interest first arose 
because of BSE (incidently I've rarely eaten beef since - seemed to me 
that there must be a small risk, and why take it?).

The big controvesy then was whether prions were a) the infectious agent 
and b) did they contain any DNA/RNA.  Do we know the answers to these 
questions yet?


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