Fatal Flaws: How a Misfolded Protein Baffled Scientists and Changed the Way We Look at the Brain

From the bestselling author of The Science of Why series, "a 'whodunit' about one of the most fascinating and improbable tales of medical discovery" (Jonathan A. Edlow, MD, author of The Deadly Dinner Party:And Other Medical Detective Stories).

Discovered and identified as the cause of mad cow disease only three decades ago, the prion is a protein molecule that, when misshapen in the brain, becomes fatal. Novel and controversial, prions have provoked a scientific revolution. They challe...