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Molecular Chaperones And Parasites, Andrew Deonarine Mar 2007

Molecular Chaperones And Parasites, Andrew Deonarine

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Molecular chaperones and chaperonins are proteins found in all living organisms from the prokaryotic bacteria all the way to the eukaryotic human. These proteins serve to play several important roles within the cell. The tasks vary from assisting directly or indirectly in the folding of nascent proteins produced by the ribosome, repairing heat damaged proteins, involvement in cell signaling, and cell differentiation. Many of these proteins are inducible in response to heat. Therefore they became known as heat shock proteins (Hsp). Proteins are absolutely vital in any cell. They serve specific structural and functional roles to enable cellular life. Currently, …

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Know Thyself, Afroza Khan, Elizabeth Gist, Titina Gist, James St. Louis, Britannica Jeffers Mar 2007

Know Thyself, Afroza Khan, Elizabeth Gist, Titina Gist, James St. Louis, Britannica Jeffers

Undergraduate Student Symposium

“Know Thyself” is a short film about a group of first-year college students who learn of their identity through their English professor. It was written by Afroza Khan, directed by Elizabeth Gist and Titina Gist, Edited by James St. Louis, Production manager - Britannica Jeffers, and the actors are Afroza Khan, Gumba Ligden, Harleen Kaur, Itza Miranda, Jigna Shah, Lesly-Loudmar Mathurin, Matt Mercil, Mickele Mentz. The film begins by focusing on Dr. Avery, the professor of English 101. The kind, smart, and stern professor starts the class by discussing the book “Brave New World,” by Aldous Huxley. The seven students …

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Dissonant Composition: Gender Inequalities In Music, Greg Kyriakakis Mar 2007

Dissonant Composition: Gender Inequalities In Music, Greg Kyriakakis

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Gender constructions are inescapable in society; it is therefore understandable that inequities have permeated the realm of classical and popular music. From the types of instruments young children decide to study to the composition of modern rock bands, gender roles and expectations have helped shape the state of music. Women who further their study in music predominantly learn from the works of male artists, influencing the female musicians’ style while crippling personal creativity. Even the body of the performer plays a role in the type of instrument studied; female vocalists rely on their body to produce sound while male musicians …

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Comparing Nuclear Fission And Nuclear Fusion As An Alternative Source Of Energy, Natasha Antonovich, Michael Ratliff, Neeketa Sheth Mar 2007

Comparing Nuclear Fission And Nuclear Fusion As An Alternative Source Of Energy, Natasha Antonovich, Michael Ratliff, Neeketa Sheth

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The purpose of this research project was to explore alternate nuclear energy sources. The nuclear energy sources that were examined were fission and fusion. From the research that was done, pros and cons were found for each type of nuclear energy. Fission, being an established technology for energy, posed an economical advantage; however, the waste that is given off from these reactions is a great environmental detriment. Fusion reactors are newer nuclear energy sources, thus they are more costly, but their lack of radioactive waste gives fusion an environmental advantage. Given that both reactions have positive and negative sides to …

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Attraction On The Basis Of Relationship Status, Laxmi Lalwani, Luciana Ortiz Mar 2007

Attraction On The Basis Of Relationship Status, Laxmi Lalwani, Luciana Ortiz

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Research has shown that the criteria women use to evaluate men’s attractiveness shift across the menstrual cycle (Gangestad & Thornhill, 1998). For example, when women are in the fertile phase of their cycle, they report greater attraction to men who display high intrasexual competitiveness (Gangestad, Simpson, Cousins, Garver-Apgar, & Christensen, 2004). We propose to examine female college students’ attraction to men based on the phase of their cycle and the men’s relationship status. In a between- participants design, female college students will either be told that a male confederate is single or in a relationship. We will then ask the …

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Using Various Visual Census Techniques To Assess Fish Assemblages On Nearshore Habitats Off Lantana Beach, Florida, Tandace Burkhart, Kaela Perez, Michael Palozzola, Jillian Maffucci Mar 2007

Using Various Visual Census Techniques To Assess Fish Assemblages On Nearshore Habitats Off Lantana Beach, Florida, Tandace Burkhart, Kaela Perez, Michael Palozzola, Jillian Maffucci

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The nearshore environment off southern Palm Beach County is characterized by extensive areas of hardbottom, primarily composed of limestone beachrock and Sabellarid worm reefs. These substrates are located very close to shore in the surf zone, an area of high wave action, and provide habitat to a wide variety of fish species. These habitats are ephemeral and cycle through burial and exposure events over time due to shifting sand from nearby beach renourishment projects. One goal of this study is to determine the species composition and abundance of this fish assemblage using various visual census techniques. We will be trained …

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Journeys In Love, Iva Christina Marc Mar 2007

Journeys In Love, Iva Christina Marc

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The name of my film is Journeys in Love. The theme of the film details the processes we go through in the name of love. The purpose of this film is to embrace the ups and downs within a relationship and show how love continually provides the healing necessary to bring people back together. My principle cast members are Roslie Laurent and Ray D. Pollock. My crewmembers are Jonathan Marc and Roger Casanova.

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Forearm Injury In A Female Collegiate Rower: Case Study, Priscilla Rashida Dobbs Mar 2007

Forearm Injury In A Female Collegiate Rower: Case Study, Priscilla Rashida Dobbs

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The topic of this project is to examine a forearm injury sustained by a female collegiate rower. The final diagnosis, based on MRI and X-ray testing, was Left Forearm Pain with a Grade I Flexor Carpi Ulnaris Strain, though initial signs and symptoms led the sports medicine team to suspect more serious injuries. The athlete received conservative treatment and rehabilitation exercises were initiated, aimed at restoring full strength and function. The certified athletic trainer and athletic training student observed a “mass” over the anterior forearm during the initial evaluation. The defect was more prominent with wrist and finger flexion; however, …

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Effect Of Ginkgo Biloba On Short-Term Memory, Tommy Gaertner Mar 2007

Effect Of Ginkgo Biloba On Short-Term Memory, Tommy Gaertner

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Ginkgo biloba has been used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine to improve vascular and cognitive functioning. Ginkgo biloba is widely prescribed for the prevention and treatment of dementia in Europe. In addition to having a direct effect on cognitive functions of live laboratory mice, the extract of Ginkgo biloba also increases production of a neurological chemical responsible for enhancing cognitive performance. However, many scientists have pointed out these results are based upon limited research and have expressed the need for additional studies. This study will investigate short-term effects of Ginkgo biloba on healthy individuals. If Ginkgo biloba …

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Effects Of Newly Developed Anticancer Drugs Against Gi101aluc Mammary Tumor Implanted In Athymic Nude Mice, Ambreen F. Parvez, Frantz Etienne Mar 2007

Effects Of Newly Developed Anticancer Drugs Against Gi101aluc Mammary Tumor Implanted In Athymic Nude Mice, Ambreen F. Parvez, Frantz Etienne

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The purpose of this research is screening anti-cancer drugs using tumor bearing animals. To achieve this, we used a mammary tumor cell line GI-101A that was developed from a metastatic breast tumor xenograft. The GI-101A cell line had been previously transfected to express the luciferase gene (GI-101Aluc). Luciferase expression in the tumor cells enables the imaging of tumors in a molecular imager rather than performing surgery. For drug screening analysis, twenty-four athymic nude mice were implanted subcutaneously with GI-101Aluc cells. The animals were rested for 3 weeks after implantation for establishing tumor growth. During this period their weight and tumor …

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Detecting Deception From Thin Slice Communications, Carla Perna, Alisha Van Hoose Mar 2007

Detecting Deception From Thin Slice Communications, Carla Perna, Alisha Van Hoose

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Research suggests that people are not very skilled at detecting deception from ordinary communications (Vrij, 2000). A recent meta-analysis (Bond & DePaulo, 2006) indicated that the average accuracy in discriminating a truthful from a deceptive statement was 54%, when chance is 50%. Another line of research has shown that people are able to make remarkably accurate inferences from very brief exposures (or “thin slices”) of nonverbal behavior (Ambady & Rosenthal, 1993; Willis & Todorov, 2006). We propose that the ability to detect deception may actually be greater when people observe thin slices communications rather than longer communications. In a within- …

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Biological Factors And Beyond: The Negative Impacts Of Radiation And Radioactivity, Supraja Kolluri, Marisa Abrahiem, Pamela Kolonias, Justin Chambers Mar 2007

Biological Factors And Beyond: The Negative Impacts Of Radiation And Radioactivity, Supraja Kolluri, Marisa Abrahiem, Pamela Kolonias, Justin Chambers

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Exposure to radiation from both natural and man-made sources leads to biological damage at any dosage. Lower doses can result in vomiting and blood count changes, while higher doses can lead to cancerous growths and death. With the implementation of technological advances that utilize radioactive substances, humans and the environment are being exposed to levels of harmful radiation. Thus, the objective of this presentation is to elucidate the biological, social, and environmental effects of radiation by examining past nuclear disasters and experimental research.

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Control And Uncontrollable Bonding, Ryan Frabizio Mar 2007

Control And Uncontrollable Bonding, Ryan Frabizio

Undergraduate Student Symposium

For my project I studied Mona Simpson’s novel Anywhere But Here, as well as the film based on Simpson’s novel. It is a story of a woman, Adele, and her daughter, Ann. Though the novel deals with potentially universal issues pertaining to motherhood and childhood, Simpson focuses these down into a woman-to-younger-woman relationship. Adele is a single mother, and some of the novel relates the issues of single working mothers’ balancing of motherhood with professional, familial, and romantic relationships. Ann grows up during the novel often contemplating her frustrations with her mother, and how she will react when she …

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Anatomy Cat Dissection Software: Developing A Study Resource Cd-Rom For Nsu Undergraduate Anatomy And Physiology Students, Christopher Tann, Crystal Rego Mar 2007

Anatomy Cat Dissection Software: Developing A Study Resource Cd-Rom For Nsu Undergraduate Anatomy And Physiology Students, Christopher Tann, Crystal Rego

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The purpose of this research project is to develop an interactive CD-ROM study tool, specifically designed for cat dissections. A group of 9 Premedical Society students will be performing dissections on eight triple injected cats. The students will be taking still pictures along with interactive video to demonstrate various dissection procedures in addition to viewing anatomical structures. Dr. Paul Arena will be the advising professor along with Dr. Robin Sherman who will be assisting in the dissection process and providing her expertise in mammalian dissections. The pictures will be placed on an interactive CD-ROM, which will be a useful study …

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A Cure For Poverty, Naika Gabriel, Jessica Husted Mar 2007

A Cure For Poverty, Naika Gabriel, Jessica Husted

Undergraduate Student Symposium

We affirm that poverty is a multidimensional disease and its eradication centers on sustainable economic development. The report focuses on the determinant of growth in general and its impact on GAI and Grameen Bank. It has been found that investment in human capital, physical capital, technological change, education and training are the key determinants of future, sustainable growth.

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Analysis Of Elie Wiesel’S “Perils Of Indifference”, Natasha M. Antonovich Mar 2007

Analysis Of Elie Wiesel’S “Perils Of Indifference”, Natasha M. Antonovich

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Elie Wiesel grew up in the Carpathian Mountains during the rise of Nazi Germany. As a boy he survived four concentration camps, and when he was freed, moved to France. He then began to write about his experience in the Holocaust, and from his works, became an icon of peace. In 1999, Wiesel spoke at the Millennium Lecture Series where he discussed the indifference that has plagued the world both in the past and in the current moment. This speech was analyzed using Aristotle’s Modes of Persuasion which is based on how the speaker uses ethos, pathos, and logos. It …

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The Ballerina In The Box, Amy Harvey Mar 2007

The Ballerina In The Box, Amy Harvey

Undergraduate Student Symposium

When read for the first time, this poem seems to be about one of those beautiful little jewelry boxes little girls receive as a gift from a loved one; the kind that have a spinning plastic ballerina in them. However, at second glance the reader might notice that it is actually about the insecurities of being alone. This poem is an allegory of an experience of its author.

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The Formation Of A New Gadolinium Dendrimer And Its Potential Use As An Mri Contrast Agent, Karoline Korah Mar 2007

The Formation Of A New Gadolinium Dendrimer And Its Potential Use As An Mri Contrast Agent, Karoline Korah

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The search for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that enhances the images of the body’s bloodstream, tissues, or organs is currently continued. There are several known gadolinium compounds that are used as MRI agents. The use of dendrimers as an MRI contrast agent is being investigated, but the recent focus on the applications of dendrimers allows much of the developments of research to be fairly new. This research project will involve creating a new gadolinium compound and studying the possibility of using it as an MRI contrast agent. In this research project, several compounds have been synthesized. This …

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The Effects Of Zinc On Gene Expression In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) For Six Candidate Genes, Niketha Ajodha, Ruzeen Patwa Mar 2007

The Effects Of Zinc On Gene Expression In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr) For Six Candidate Genes, Niketha Ajodha, Ruzeen Patwa

Undergraduate Student Symposium

In this experiment the effects of various concentrations of zinc on Saccharomyces cerevisiae will be investigated using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Zinc (Zn) is one of the most naturally occurring elements. It is an important integral cofactor for many cellular activities. Zinc participates in all major biochemical reactions such as transcription of DNA and translation of RNA. More than three hundred enzymes require zinc for their catalytic function. Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain S288C is a species of budding yeast. It is the most intensively studied eukaryotic model in molecular and cell biology. The mRNA from these yeast cells grown in different …

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Thank God For Aids: Persistent Stereotypes In U.S. Network Television, Micah Moreno Mar 2007

Thank God For Aids: Persistent Stereotypes In U.S. Network Television, Micah Moreno

Undergraduate Student Symposium

This paper explores the use of stereotypes to characterize homosexuals on network television in the United States. With a goal of raising reader awareness of network television’s over-reliance on stereotypes, I also argue that the stereotypical depictions of homosexuals on network television has negative and sometimes even dangerous ramifications in contemporary U.S. culture.

Many argue that the increasing number of gay and lesbian characters featured on network television is an indication of society’s emerging acceptance of homosexuality. However, this is a false assumption given that many of the shows cited as promoting equality are not meant to do that, but …

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Seeing It Through: An Overview Of Retinal Degeneration And Future Treatments, Michael Au Mar 2007

Seeing It Through: An Overview Of Retinal Degeneration And Future Treatments, Michael Au

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Degenerative retinal diseases are, to date, largely untreatable – a shortcoming born of the complexity of the nervous system and our finite understanding. Retinitis pigmentosa (a group of inherited eye disease of the retina) scuttles about the family tree relatively unchecked, slowly and silently impairing vision in 1.5 million people worldwide. Comparatively, macular degeneration, an age-related kin of retinitis pigmentosa, afflicts sufferers on a magnitude of roughly 20 diagnoses per hour within the United States alone. Such degenerative diseases almost always culminate in the death of rod and cone photoreceptor cells along with the accompanying loss of visual capacity. This …

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Synthesis Of New Ruthenium (Ii) Complex With A Long Excited State Lifetime For Its Use As A Dna Probing Biosensor, Terry-Ann Dawes Mar 2007

Synthesis Of New Ruthenium (Ii) Complex With A Long Excited State Lifetime For Its Use As A Dna Probing Biosensor, Terry-Ann Dawes

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Due to the degree of instrumentation needed for DNA diagnostic and colorimetric procedures, it has become considerably expensive for the public and independent laboratories to conduct research on genetic diseases and to probe DNA. Even though myriad technologies are available for detection and measurement of modified target molecules, cell and DNA probing techniques are involved and complex processes. Current methods of chemiluminescence by metal-ligand complexes (such as those with ruthenium) have proven to be ineffective because luminescent lifetimes are extremely short. Hence, the primary focus of this research is to synthesize novel ruthenium-ligand complexes that will have enhanced emission lifetimes. …

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Recovery Of Branching Coral In Devil’S Crown, Galapagos Islands, Following El Niño Impacts, Kristen Taylor Mar 2007

Recovery Of Branching Coral In Devil’S Crown, Galapagos Islands, Following El Niño Impacts, Kristen Taylor

Undergraduate Student Symposium

In 1982-83 a severe El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event killed 95% of the scleractinian coral in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with over 99% coral mortality reported at the study site, Devil’s Crown. Also at this site, a reef composed primarily of the branching coral Pocillopora spp. was lost from primary and secondary biological disturbances associated with ENSO. For the subsequent 11 years Pocillopora was not observed there, however 5 colonies were seen in May, 1995. The number and size of colonies was monitored from 1995-2004. Projected surface areas were determined using two methods: direct measure during snorkel surveys using a …

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Nuclear Fuels Dominant Over Fossil Fuels?, Arthur Graber, Kim Pham, Aisha Syed Mar 2007

Nuclear Fuels Dominant Over Fossil Fuels?, Arthur Graber, Kim Pham, Aisha Syed

Undergraduate Student Symposium

With decreases in fossil fuel reserves and the resulting increases in price (especially with the war in Iraq), converting to nuclear power just may be the proper solution to this political, economical and social conundrum. Nuclear energy and fossil fuels work similarly in that they are used to heat up water into steam, which in turn pumps turbines to create electricity. However, they differ in the fuel they use to heat the water, which brings forth various disadvantages as well as advantages. Could it be possible that nuclear energy, even with its higher costs and higher risks of releasing radioactive …

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Revisited: A True Story, Amrish Ramnarine Mar 2007

Revisited: A True Story, Amrish Ramnarine

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The film project is based on a true story about a young boy who was kidnapped. In this film, we revisit the incident and see it in a newer light which shows both what happened and what the boy saw happened. Revisited is exactly that, a film about a boy revisiting the incident in which armed men took him for ransom for a few hours before he was rescued by the SWAT team of Trinidad. He is en route to school when two cars block his car off; they pull him into another vehicle. They knock him unconscious and shoot …

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Online Professional Basketball Statistics Tracker, Allen Furmanski Mar 2007

Online Professional Basketball Statistics Tracker, Allen Furmanski

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The world of professional basketball is more than just a sport – it’s a business. As with any business, the goal is to maximize productivity by continually making changes to improve efficiency. The purpose of this program is to allow the coaches of a professional basketball team to obtain optimal efficiency by providing them with the tools to monitor all aspects of their team. From determining the leaders in various categories such as 3- point field goals and steals to displaying success percentages of various offenses and defenses, the primary goal is to give the team’s coaching staff absolute control …

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Stress Is Related To Sleepiness In Nsu Undergraduate Students, Lara Murphy, Maureen Green Mar 2007

Stress Is Related To Sleepiness In Nsu Undergraduate Students, Lara Murphy, Maureen Green

Undergraduate Student Symposium

College students often suffer from chronic sleep restriction and up to one third of college age adults suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). The finding that high numbers of college students experience EDS is very problematic as this is a population that uniquely requires optimal cognitive functioning to successfully complete course material. One possible cause of EDS from chronic sleep restriction in college students is the high levels of stress experienced by this population. In fact, changes in the stress- related hormone, cortisol, have been previously shown to greatly affect sleep in clinical populations. Here, we hypothesized that subjective levels …

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Analysis Of Interactions Between Candida Albicans And Staphylococcus Aaureus In Mixed Species Biofilms, Yi Jey Lin, Fabio Vogel Mar 2007

Analysis Of Interactions Between Candida Albicans And Staphylococcus Aaureus In Mixed Species Biofilms, Yi Jey Lin, Fabio Vogel

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Biofilms are multicellular communities of microorganisms that characteristically attach to some surface, produce and encase themselves within a thick polysaccharide matrix, and resist physical insults and treatment with anti-microbial drugs. To date, most biofilm studies have focused on pure biofilms consisting of a single species rather than more natural biofilms that contain multiple species of bacteria and fungi. The studies described here focus on characterizing the physical interactions between a bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus) and fungus (Candida albicans) in the context of a mixed biofilm. Both of these organisms are common human pathogens that cause a variety …

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The American Psyche Of The 1900s: A Nation In Disappointments, Jany Cabezas Mar 2007

The American Psyche Of The 1900s: A Nation In Disappointments, Jany Cabezas

Undergraduate Student Symposium

There is a psychological mind frame that persists where the American dream is pursued. Disappointments are a part of American life, both in the 1900s and today. In Glaspell’s Trifles and William’s The Glass Menagerie, each character in society portrays the American Psyche and different methods to cope with disappointments. From the disillusionments of war to the unrealistic expectation of parental units, both works display issues of the psychological mind in 1900 American Literature. Multiple perspectives of coping show how the psyche reacts to lack of feminism and failed expectations; responding to the struggles is unique and defines the …

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The Role Of Chaperones In Prion Infection, Prerna Alfa Thomas Mar 2007

The Role Of Chaperones In Prion Infection, Prerna Alfa Thomas

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Prions are infectious proteins that cause neurodegenerative diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which affect several species, including humans. Chaperones are molecules that bind to the nascent peptide chain and fold the polypeptide chain into its secondary or tertiary structure. Prions affect the protein folding machinery or molecular chaperones of the cell which might lead to the formation of aggregates. The goal of this literature review is to highlight several functions of chaperones in prion infection, to draw attention that prions could be misfolded molecular chaperones, and to indicate the therapeutic applications of chaperones in prion infection.

Chaperones may perform a …

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