| Title |
The pathological protein : mad cow, chronic wasting, and other deadly prion diseases / Philip Yam. |
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| Publication Info. |
New York : Copernicus, 2003. |
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| Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction
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616.83 YAM |
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| Description |
xviii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Death in Devizes -- One in a million -- Cannibals' laughing death -- Connecting the holes -- Birth of the prion -- Family curses -- On the prion proving grounds -- Consuming fears -- Mad cow's human toll -- Keeping the madness out -- Scourge of the cervids -- Misadventures in medicine -- Searching for cures -- Laying odds. |
| Subject |
Prion diseases -- Popular works.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome.
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Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform.
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Prion Diseases.
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Wasting Disease, Chronic.
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| ISBN |
0387955089 alkaline paper |
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