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STANLEY B. PRUSINER is professor of neurology and biochemistry at the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has won many awards for his research into prions, most recently the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award and the Paul Ehrlich Award. This is his second article for 大眾科學.

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大眾科學 Magazine Vol 291 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Detecting Mad Cow Disease” in 大眾科學 Magazine Vol. 291 No. 1 ()
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican072004-69gfPxQtqP5AANFCsO56AP
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