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12.05.2015


Can Scrapies in Sheep Transform Into Human Form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease


The paper provides evidence in a laboratory experiment that some Classical scrapie isolates can propagate in humanised transgenic mice and produce prions that on second passage are similar to those causing one form of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD).   LINK

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