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Published online 30 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040126-16
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Caution over prion therapy
Study reveals antibodies can kill brain cells.
Antibody therapies designed to treat the human form of mad cow disease could backfire, warn US scientists.
The group investigated the proteins called prions that cause the rare brain disorder variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) and its farmyard equivalent, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
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