Who succeeded Gajdusek in his Nobel-winning research about Kuru?
Peter K. Vogt
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Mark S. Ptashne
Stanley B. Prusiner
Answer
Stanley B. Prusiner was a biochemist and neurologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1997 for his discovery of prions. Prions are infectious proteins that can cause diseases in animals and humans. Prusiner's research on prions helped to explain the cause of Kuru, a fatal brain disease that was endemic in Papua New Guinea.
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