Bonus Biology

by Alison Stone, Grant Nalty, and Alec Maraska Length: 11:15 Mrs. Stone chats with Grant and Alec about the mysterious Prion. Articles discussed include: Abbott, Alison. "The Red-Hot Debate about Transmissible Alzheimer's." Nature, vol. 531, 17 Mar. 2016, pp. 294-97, doi:10.1038/531294a. Accessed 29 Mar. 2018. Mcglashen, Andy. "Chronic Wasting Disease: Coming to a Deer Population Near You." Sierra, 11 Mar. 2018, www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ chronic-wasting-disease-coming-deer-population-near-you. Accessed 29 Mar. 2018. Scripps Research Institute. "Infectious prions can arise spontaneously in normal brain tissue, study shows." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 27 July 2010. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100726162125.htm "When People Ate People, a Strange Disease Emerged." Written by Rae Ellen Bichell. The Salt, 6 Sept. 2016. NPR, National Public Radio, www.npr.org/ sections/thesalt/2016/09/06/482952588/when-people-ate-people-a-strange-disease-emerged. Accessed 29 Mar. 2018 Zielinska, Edyta. "Prions Involved in Learning." The Scientist, 15 Feb. 2013, www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34404/title/ Prions-Involved-in-Learning/. Accessed 29 Mar. 2018. Music: Greg Atkinson "120 words"