Image: Scrapie prions

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Description: Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this photomicrograph of a neural tissue specimen, harvested from a scrapie affected mouse, revealed the presence of prion protein stained in red, which was in the process of being trafficked between neurons, by way of their interneuronal connections, known as neurites.
Title: Scrapie prions
Credit: https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=18131
Author: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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