Infectious Proteins
Most of us have heard of bacteria, fungi and viruses, but there are other infectious agents out there – prions and viroids. What are prions? The name prion was coined in 1981 by Dr. Stanley Prusiner to...
View ArticleThe Black Fly and River Blindness
by Rich Velardi The rare disease of river blindness has sometimes been attributed to the insect bite caused by the black fly. It is believed that by analyzing the proteins in the saliva of these black...
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