Basic Prion Science “Spreads” Insight

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About the Authors

David Westaway

* E-mail: david.westaway@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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