The Elusive Role of the Prion Protein and the Mechanism of Toxicity in Prion Disease

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Roberto Chiesa

* E-mail: roberto.chiesa@marionegri.it

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, IRCCS–Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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