electrofy456
electrofy456
10.07.2019 • 
Biology

Mad cow disease is caused by a prion. a prion is a malformed protein that is found in the brain tissue of infected cows, and exposure can be fatal. meat that comes in contact with infected tissue becomes contaminated with the prion. currently, there are no treatments for prion diseases because prions are hard to target and are too similar to normal proteins. to prevent the disease, scientists would most likely recommend that

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