Prions? CJD/BSE Connection...

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> [some information about prions deleted]

>  The likelihood of getting CJD from bovine prions, BTW, is
>also highly unlikely because of the significant sequence
>differences between the human and bovine forms (see Prosiner's
>work). 					          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^	

For anyone who is looking for references, it should be Prusiner,
not Prosiner.


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