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Prion Additional Resources



Prion Illustration
Computer graphic showing the replication and spread of prions in cells.
http://www.rkm.com.au/BSE

eMedicine - Kuru : Article by Paul A Janson, MD
A fatal neurologic disease that is restricted to the highlands of New Guinea, where it has infected the Fore (pronounced for-ay), a tribe of remote highland natives.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1248.htm

Deadly Conformations-Protein Misfolding in Prion Disease
Research article on prions.
http://www.sciencedigest.org/499.HTM

L. Li Lab - Northwestern University
Studying prion proteins using yeast as a model organism.
http://pubweb.northwestern.edu/~lli494/index.html