WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The agent that causes mad cow disease, scrapie and chronic wasting disease in deer and elk may sometimes be spread through urine, Swiss researchers reported on Thursday.
They found that, under certain conditions in mice, the deformed brain proteins known as prions that transmit the disease could be found in urine.
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