Madness and Memory

Madness and Memory
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-13 : 9780300191141
ISBN-10 : 0300191146
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Book Synopsis Madness and Memory by : Stanley B. Prusiner

Download or read book Madness and Memory written by Stanley B. Prusiner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a 1997 recipient of the Noble Prize in medicine, describes the years he spent researching and demonstrating how the infectious proteins known as prions were responsible for brain diseases and how his theory has now become widely accepted in the science establishment.


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