Who proposed the theory that prions infected humans following an outbreak of BSE in cattle?
A)Stanley Prusiner
B)Adolph Hisler
C)Andrew Webber
D)Louis Pasteur
E)Robert Koch

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Stanley Prusiner proposed the theory that prions infected humans following an outbreak of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or "mad cow disease") in cattle. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1997 for his discovery of prions and their role in causing infectious neurological diseases.

Who Proposed the Theory That Prions Infected Humans Following an Outbreak