Ep. 43 Prions: Mad Cows and Mad Proteins

<p>This episode is about the causative agent for mad cow disease, scrapie, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob -- prions! It's not a bacteria, it's not a fungus, it isn't even a virus! No, it is a little protein encoded in our own genome! Find out how there can be an infectious disease caused by a misfolded protein.</p> <p>Featuring a promo for Lit Gaming Arena Podcast! Check them out on twitter @litgamingarena and online at &nbsp;<a href="https://litgamingarena.com/">https://litgamingarena.com/</a></p> <p>Email us at petridishpod -at- <a href="https://gmail.com/"><u>gmail.com</u></a>. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Support us for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/petridish. Thanks!</p> <p>References:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/3/1/a006833.full"><u>https://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/3/1/a006833.full</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-017-0375-5"><u>https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-017-0375-5</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12035-019-1510-9"><u>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12035-019-1510-9</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/9/1/a023671.full"><u>https://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/9/1/a023671.full</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sji.12854"><u>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sji.12854</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://rupress.org/jem/article/79/2/137/4753/STUDIES-ON-THE-CHEMICAL-NATURE-OF-THE-SUBSTANCE"><u>https://rupress.org/jem/article/79/2/137/4753/STUDIES-ON-THE-CHEMICAL-NATURE-OF-THE-SUBSTANCE</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/216/4542/136.abstract"><u>https://science.sciencemag.org/content/216/4542/136.abstract</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-018-0011-4"><u>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-018-0011-4</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tandfonl