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Second lab worker with deadly prion disease prompts research pause in France

Enlarge / A pathologist examines brain tissue of a diseased deer. The white circular shapes are the sponge-like holes found with prion-related diseases called transmissable spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). (credit: Getty | Star Tribune) Five public research institutions in France announced a three-month moratorium on prion research this week, following a newly identified case of prion […]