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Published online 15 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041213-6
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Prions piggyback into body
Common protein may help lethal molecule jump species.
The infectious proteins called prions that cause the human form of mad cow disease may hitch into the body on the back of another meat protein, US researchers have shown. The finding may help to explain how the rogue prions jump between species.
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