Who Is Credited with the Discovery of Prions as a New

question 40

Multiple Choice

Who is credited with the discovery of prions as a new biological principle of infection?

• A) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• B) Dmitrii Ivanowsky
• C) Stanley Prusiner
• D) Stanley Brenner
• E) Carl Woese

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