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Prion infection, transmission and cytopathology modelled in a low-biohazard human cell line
Merve Avar, Daniel Heinzer, Nicolas Steinke…·Adriano Aguzzi
The paper describes a human cell line, hovS, that can be infected with sheep-derived prions and exhibits prion-related cytopathology, offering a safer alternative to human prion studies.
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