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1st Edition. FOUR VOLUME FIRST EDITIONS, THREE IN ORIGINAL WRAPS, OF THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING DISCOVERY OF THE PRION, A NEW BIOLOGICAL INFECTIOUS AGENT COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF PROTEIN. The prion has been implicated in a number of diseases, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy ('mad cow disease') and human degenerative neurological disorders..... More