The Great Brain Drain.

• Autores: Diana Kwon
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 313, Nº. 5, 2015, págs. 17-18
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article covers a study led by neurologist John Collinge which found evidence that abnormal proteins found in humans with neurodegenerative diseases can be transmitted. Noted conditions mentioned in the study include Alzheimer's disease and Creutzfeldt-jakob, the human form of mad cow disease. Information is provided on how the study concluded that tainted hormone injections could carry beta-amyloid proteins.