Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-239) and index.
Contents:
Mystery of kuru -- Barflies and flatworms -- Cannibalism -- Igor and Bill -- Life of a cell -- Death of a cell -- When is a virus not a virus? -- Creutzfeld-Jakob disease -- Magnificent molecules -- Protein origami -- Stanley Prusiner's heresy -- Infectious idea -- Portrait of the prion -- Mad cow disease -- Mad cow in humans -- Americas -- Into the wild -- Origins -- Cats but not dogs -- Alzheimer's disease -- Parkinson's disease -- Lou Gehrig's disease -- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy -- In the end ...
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