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Research on mad cow disease and creutzfeldt-jacob disease
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Prion Diseases Mad Cow & Mad Human Aamir Shaikh's SNAB AS coursework Unit 3: Paper 01 Visit or Issue Report Word Count: 1, 964 The two topics covered are Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD), with CJD being the main topic. This is aimed at students who are studying A levels and wish to gain further insight into BSE & CJD. This can be used as a handout or a small text booklet that can be supplied/handed out to student during class/lecture Topic 1 Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease What is CJD? 1 Symptoms and Effects of CJD 1 Causes of CJD 2 Structure of a prion 2 What do prions do? 3 Methods to combat prions 3 Research 4 Topic 2 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy What is BSE? 4 Symptoms of BSE 4 Causes 4 Prevention 5 Glossary 6 Bibliography 7 Validity 8 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease? Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease is a rare yet fatal degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease). It is the most common form of 'transmissible spongiform encephalopathy' found in humans. Named after the two...
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