CWD is also categorized as a prion disease, meaning it affects the brain’s prion proteins. When abnormal versions of these proteins infect the animal, they cause normal prion proteins to fold ...

It is the original example of a group of diseases, known as the "transmissible spongiform encephalopathies" (TSE), sometimes known as the "prion" diseases. The diseases include Creutzfeldt Jakob ...

Luckily for us, ice-nine is fictitious. But its biological counterpart, unfortunately, is not. The misfolded proteins known as prions are very real. Prions are proteinaceous infectious particles, ...

Glioblastoma (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer, is one of the greatest challenges for medicine, both ...

Interestingly, the extended PMCA yielded novel forms of misfolded prions that caused new disease phenotypes. When injected into wild-type hamsters, the PMCA-generated hampster PrP Sc caused ...

Aside from testing and surveilling prion disease, an additional aim is to provide accurate information regarding this disease through various outreach efforts. To convey information about prion ...