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The Resource Madness and memory : the discovery of prions--a new biological principle of disease, Stanley B. Prusiner

Madness and memory : the discovery of prions--a new biological principle of disease, Stanley B. Prusiner

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Madness and memory : the discovery of prions--a new biological principle of disease
Title
Madness and memory
Title remainder
the discovery of prions--a new biological principle of disease
Statement of responsibility
Stanley B. Prusiner
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Biography type
autobiography
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1942-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Prusiner, Stanley B.
Dewey number
610.92
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Prusiner, Stanley B
  • Physicians
  • History, 21st Century
  • History
  • Prions
  • Medical stories
Label
Madness and memory : the discovery of prions--a new biological principle of disease, Stanley B. Prusiner
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Content category
text
Contents
Growing up -- The beginning of an odyssey -- A plethora of theories -- The scrapie race -- Dr. America and the trembling cannibals -- The battle for tenure -- What's in a name? -- Lost in the Pacific fog -- The amyloid story -- Finding the gene -- Jousting with the press -- Deciphering human prion diseases -- What's in a shape? -- Turf battles -- Mad cow and other prion strains -- Stockholm -- The third judgment of Paris -- Epilogue : the quest for therapeutics
Control code
000052134904
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xix, 320 p.
Isbn
9780300191141
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
Label
Madness and memory : the discovery of prions--a new biological principle of disease, Stanley B. Prusiner
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Content category
text
Contents
Growing up -- The beginning of an odyssey -- A plethora of theories -- The scrapie race -- Dr. America and the trembling cannibals -- The battle for tenure -- What's in a name? -- Lost in the Pacific fog -- The amyloid story -- Finding the gene -- Jousting with the press -- Deciphering human prion diseases -- What's in a shape? -- Turf battles -- Mad cow and other prion strains -- Stockholm -- The third judgment of Paris -- Epilogue : the quest for therapeutics
Control code
000052134904
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xix, 320 p.
Isbn
9780300191141
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits

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