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Diagnosis Of Prions In Patients Should Utilize Novel Strategy, Team Says
February 22, 2005 — A technique for detecting prions in tissue, developed in recent years by UCSF scientists, is significantly more sensitive than the diagnostic procedures currently used to detect the lethal particles ... > full story -
Mad Cow Disease
Alzheimer's
Diseases and Conditions
Alzheimer's Research
Parkinson's Research
Healthy Aging
Test Could Improve Detection Of Prion Disease In Humans
February 17, 2005 — A highly sensitive post-mortem test could help scientists more accurately determine if a person died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a human neurological disorder caused by the same class of ... > full story -
Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Research
Disorders and Syndromes
Parkinson's Research
Medical Imaging
Diseases and Conditions
Diffusion-Weighted MRI Can Diagnose 'Mad Cow'-Related Disease In Humans Before Symptoms Show
February 5, 2005 — Diffusion-weighted MRI is "extremely useful" in detecting Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a close cousin of "mad cow" disease, very early in its progression--even before the onset of ... > full story -
Infectious Agent Linked To Mad Cow Disease Found In Organs Other Than The Brain
February 5, 2005 — Prions, infectious proteins associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow Disease, were previously thought to accumulate mainly in the brain, but Yale and University of Zurich ... > full story -
Doctors Need To Prepare For Blood Shortages Now
February 4, 2005 — Doctors need to prepare for shortages in the supply of blood for transfusion, warns an expert in this week's British Medical ... > full story -
Mad Cow Disease
Nervous System
Brain Injury
Diseases and Conditions
Huntington's Disease
Disorders and Syndromes
Blocking Cell Suicide Switch Fails To Stop Prion Damage In Mouse Brains
January 10, 2005 — Researchers knew that prions, the misfolded proteins that cause mad cow disease and other brain disorders, were killing off a class of important brain cells in a transgenic mouse model. But when they ... > full story -
Mad Cow Disease
Gastrointestinal Problems
Human Biology
Foodborne Illness
Diseases and Conditions
Colitis
New Study Shows How Mad Cow Prions Hitch A Ride Into Intestine
December 20, 2004 — A new study from the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine shows that the infectious version of prion proteins, the main culprits behind the human form of mad ... > full story -
Dementia
Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Research
Mad Cow Disease
Diseases and Conditions
Disorders and Syndromes
Amyloid Fibers Sprout One Step At A Time
September 21, 2004 — Researchers have combined sophisticated biochemical and imaging techniques to get a glimpse of the stepwise assembly of amyloid fibers in a yeast prion protein. Their findings suggest that these ... > full story -
Diseases and Conditions
Sickle Cell Anemia
Disorders and Syndromes
Huntington's Disease
Nervous System
Alzheimer's
Protein Is Key To Fatal Disorder And Normal Cell Function
September 15, 2004 — The aberrant protein that causes juvenile Batten disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder of childhood, also plays a key role in normal cell function, Duke University Medical Center researchers ... > full story -
Prions Act As Stepping Stones In Evolution
August 16, 2004 — When a protein misfolds, the results can be disastrous. An incorrect change in the molecule's shape can lead to diseases including Alzheimer's and Huntington's. But scientists have ... > full story
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