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BSE barriers

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Diseases like BSE could be harder to catch than some people think, Jessa Netting discovers.

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  1. Raymond, G. et al. Evidence of a molecular barrier limiting susceptibility of humans, cattle and sheep to chronic wasting disease. EMBO 19, 4425 - 4430 2000.

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USDA Fact sheet on Chronic Wasting Disease

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Article on prion diseases by Stanley Prusiner (who won Nobel for identifying prions)

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Netting, J. BSE barriers. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000928-3

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