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A protein that seems to behave like a virus or a bacteria. It is known as a prion. Scrapie, mad-cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have in common that strange prions are found in the brain. The proteins are difficult to break down and seem to blow up nerve cells. Is it an infectious protein and are there chances of an epidemic?

Credits

Producer
Set geluid
Production company
VPRO TV

Title: Noorderlicht - De eiwitgekte
Year: 1996
Duration : 25 minutes
Category: Short Feature
Edition: NFF 1996

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