Frozen blood has given up the genetic secrets of a past prion disease epidemic.
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Bosch, X. Old epidemic sheds new light on vCJD. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010208-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news010208-5