Posted by who knows on March 08, 1999 at 20:41:50:
In Reply to: More on BSE/CJD, etc. posted by Carlos on May 13, 1998 at 15:49:29:
Can anybody answer my questions:
1. Describe Kuru. When and how it was discovered, transmission and the simptoms.
2. Who is Dr. D. Calrteton Gajdusek? What is his educational personal background?
3. Describe Scrapie, its transmission and symptoms.
4. State Koch's psotulates and what they are used for? How did gajdusek and his colleages use koch's postulate?
5. When was the connection to Kuru and Fore cannibalism made by whom?
6. What was Stanley Prusiner's role in the search for the infectious agent? What was the controversy?
7. Describe of tell what is known about a prion.