When: September 1–4, 2004
Where: Hamilton, MT
Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Scientists’ efforts to understand and slow the spread of prion protein diseases, such as “mad cow” disease and chronic wasting disease, were featured in a display booth that NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories hosted at the recent Ravalli County Fair in Hamilton, Montana.

An estimated 600 visitors stopped at the booth to talk with laboratory staff and receive literature about NIAID and its work. Display panels showed elements of the brain-wasting diseases and the research under way at RML to develop therapies. About two dozen RML scientists are studying prior protein diseases. RML Senior Investigator Byron Caughey, Ph.D., and Visual Arts Specialist Anita Mora developed the display. Based in Hamilton, Montana, RML is a state-of-the-art research facility for studying infectious microbes that cause disease in humans and animals.

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