Cell Stain (IMAGE)

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Cell Stain

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This image shows accumulation of misfolded, toxic prion protein (brown staining) in the brain of a transgenic mouse expressing bank vole PrP and challenged with human variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) prions.

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Image courtesy of Dr. Joel Watts

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