Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. Author’s Note xix
6. 1. Growing Up 1
7. 2. The Beginning of an Odyssey 16
8. 3. A Plethora of Theories 26
9. 4. The Scrapie Race 36
10. 5. Dr. America and the Trembling Cannibals 50
11. 6. The Battle for Tenure 65
12. 7. What’s in a Name? 81
13. 8. Lost in the Pacific Fog 97
14. 9. The Amyloid Story 108
15. 10. Finding the Gene 125
16. 11. Jousting with the Press 143
17. 12. Deciphering Human Prion Diseases 153
18. 13. What’s in a Shape? 170
19. 14. Turf Battles 184
20. 15. Mad Cow and Other Prion Strains 193
21. 16. Stockholm 213
22. 17. The Third Judgment of Paris 232
23. Epilogue: The Quest for Therapeutics 253
24. Notes 261
25. Glossary 283
26. Ac know ledg ments 299
27. Illustration Credits 303
28. Index 305