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Published online 16 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030210-21
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Prions get wired
Nanotech circuits could bud from brain's bane.
Rogue proteins blamed for mad cow disease could yet find a use — in tiny electrical wires, scientists revealed this week in Denver.
The proteins, called prions, are also thought to cause the human brain disease variant Creutzfeld Jacob disease (vCJD) when they wad together into tough, messy clumps.
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