Stanley Prusiner Unveils Prion Discovery, Challenges Molecular Biology
Scientist Stanley Prusiner from the University of California, San Francisco, made medical history by publishing a study on July 2, 1982, in the journal Science, identifying infectious proteins, known as prions, as the causative agents of neurodegenerative diseases. His work demonstrated that prions were responsible for conditions such as scrapie, a disease affecting sheep, challenging … Read more