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Published online 31 January 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030127-12
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Prions get fishy
Primitive prion hints at origins of brain disease.
Fish, like sheep, elk and humans, could suffer a version of 'mad cow disease', or BSE, preliminary evidence suggests. The results might help to reveal how the disease jumps from species to species.
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