14 Nov 2004
Genetic variation may help some resist human form of mad cow disease

This is not really very comforting news ...

Some people have a genetic variation that may help them resist the human form of mad cow disease, a study in mice suggests. But when infection does occur the disease takes a different form, meaning there may be unrecognized cases in the population, British researchers say.

(link) [USA Today]

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