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Potential Health Risks Associated With Stressed Foodstuffs Such As Foie Gras
February 10, 2009 — Harmful proteins fragments known as amyloid fibrils associated with damage to brain cells in Alzheimer's disease and to pancreatic cells in Type II diabetes can be present in the meat of poultry and ... > full story -
New Disease, Comparable To BSE, Created In Laboratory Mice
January 27, 2009 — Scientists have created a new disease, comparable to BSE, in laboratory mice. They have shown that exchanging just two amino acids in the structure of the prion protein is enough to trigger a ... > full story -
Common Soil Mineral Degrades The Nearly Indestructible Prion
January 14, 2009 — In the rogues' gallery of microscopic infectious agents, the prion is the toughest hombre in town. Warped pathogens that lack both DNA and RNA, prions are believed to cause such fatal brain ailments ... > full story -
Intestinal Lymphatic Tissue Important For The Absorption And Spread Of The Scrapie Prion
January 9, 2009 — Scrapie is a transmissible, degenerative and ultimately fatal disease of the nervous system of sheep. The cause of the disease is a prion protein, and absorption from the intestine is assumed to be ... > full story -
Origin Of Mutation That Causes Fatal Familiar Insomnia
January 7, 2009 — Researchers have studied the origin of the mutation that causes Fatal Familiar Insomnia (FFI). In the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country there is a high rate of carriers of this mutation ... > full story -
New Mouse Model Of Prion Disease: Mutant Proteins Result In Infectious Prion Disease In Mice
December 5, 2008 — Scientists have created an infectious prion disease in a mouse model, in a step that may help unravel the mystery of this progressive disease that affects the nervous system in humans and ... > full story -
Prion Infectivity Found In White And Brown Fat Tissues Of Mice
December 5, 2008 — Researchers have found novel prion infectivity in white and brown fat tissues of mice. Prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, are infectious progressive fatal ... > full story -
Is An Anchor Responsible For Mad Cow Disease (BSE) Infections?
November 29, 2008 — Chemists are providing prion researchers with a new tool to elucidate the role played by specific anchor molecules. These complicated anchor compounds are suspected of promoting infections with BSE ... > full story -
Mouse Model Of Prion Disease Mimics Diverse Symptoms Of Human Disorder
November 26, 2008 — A comprehensive mouse model of inherited prion disease exhibits cognitive, motor and neurophysiological deficits that bear a striking resemblance to the symptoms experienced by patients with the ... > full story -
Misfolded Proteins Accelerate Yeast Evolution
November 24, 2008 — In yeast, a protein-misfolding mechanism can reveal hidden genetic variations and thus generate new phenotypes that may increase cell survival. Researchers now have demonstrated that when yeast cells ... > full story
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