The prion dilemma confounding science educators

In this paper, the issue of the prion hypothesis, a simmering controversy within the scientific community, is addressed. We inquire into the appropriateness of the use of certain augmentations and rhetoric approaches used during scientific debates, as well as the aptness of unequivocal statements in...

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Autores principales: Zaitsev, Igor V, Chen, Ling, Boydston-White, Susie, Pavel, Manita, Shugaeva, Svetlana N, Petrova, Alla G, Williams, Oksana V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3894800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24555022
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.2-4.v1
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author Zaitsev, Igor V
Chen, Ling
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description In this paper, the issue of the prion hypothesis, a simmering controversy within the scientific community, is addressed. We inquire into the appropriateness of the use of certain augmentations and rhetoric approaches used during scientific debates, as well as the aptness of unequivocal statements in textbooks that indicate “abnormal prions” as a primary cause of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies.
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spelling pubmed-38948002014-01-29 The prion dilemma confounding science educators Zaitsev, Igor V Chen, Ling Boydston-White, Susie Pavel, Manita Shugaeva, Svetlana N Petrova, Alla G Williams, Oksana V F1000Res Correspondence In this paper, the issue of the prion hypothesis, a simmering controversy within the scientific community, is addressed. We inquire into the appropriateness of the use of certain augmentations and rhetoric approaches used during scientific debates, as well as the aptness of unequivocal statements in textbooks that indicate “abnormal prions” as a primary cause of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies. F1000Research 2013-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3894800/ /pubmed/24555022 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.2-4.v1 Text en Copyright: © 2013 Zaitsev IV et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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