Monday, 10 August 2015

Why it's hard to make a Bunny Mad

Rabbits have long been considered immune to prior disease, but recently scientists have shown that under certain circumstances they can get transmissible spongiform  encephalopathy (the scientific name of the fatal brain disease causes by prion). Two studies suggests what makes rabbits hard to infect with prions and how they resistance can be overcome.

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