附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-246) and index.
1. A peculiar protein -- 2. Concerning sheep -- 3. Kuru, a story of cannibalism -- 4. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the emergence of a disease entity -- 5. In the laboratory -- 6. In the genes -- 7. Transgenes, transplants, and test tubes -- 8. Down on the farm: BSE -- 9. New variant CJD, a disease of old age in young people -- 10. What kind of disease is this?
