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Prions May Play Crucial Role In Evolution
September 28, 2000 — Prions, abnormally folded proteins associated with several bizarre human diseases, may hold the key to a major mystery in evolution: how survival skills that require multiple genetic changes arise ... > full story -
"Strikingly Similar" Protein May Be In Alzheimer's And Mad Cow Disease
August 24, 2000 — A "striking similarity" between proteins involved in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease and mad cow disease was described here today at the 220th national meeting of the American ... > full story -
UCSF Scientists Report First Direct Demonstration That Deformed Prion Protein Shape Alone Causes Infection And Disease
July 28, 2000 — Scientists have shown for the first time that pure prion proteins can trigger normal proteins to change shape and become infectious. The case for this novel form of infection has been established ... > full story -
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Alzheimer's Research
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German Scientists Develop Ultrasensitive Method For The Diagnosis Of Prion Diseases
May 10, 2000 — German scientists have developed a novel, highly sensitive technique for the detection of prions, the infectious agents of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and BSE. By this method, single prion ... > full story -
NIAID Researchers Identify New Drugs To Treat "Mad Cow"-Like Disease In Mice
February 24, 2000 — NIAID researchers have identified a new class of compounds that slows the development of a "mad cow"-like prion disease in mice. If future studies extend these findings to humans, this ... > full story -
Researchers Show That Proteins Can Transmit Heritable Traits
January 31, 2000 — In an achievement that could lead to new techniques for genetic manipulation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers at the University of Chicago have altered a protein to transmit a ... > full story -
Deadly To Cattle And Humans, Prions May Help Other Organisms Survive, Researchers Find
January 24, 2000 — Molecular studies in yeast have yielded surprising evidence that the contorted proteins known as prions, often deadly to cattle and humans, may serve a beneficial role in some organisms, and possibly ... > full story -
Data Establishes Link Between "Mad Cow" Disease, Human Brain Disorder
December 21, 1999 — Researchers are reporting what they say is the most compelling evidence, to date, that the infectious proteins called prions that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or "mad cow" ... > full story -
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Asthma
Diseases and Conditions
Parkinson's Research
Alzheimer's Research
Infectious Diseases
Lab Experiments Reveal Potential Therapeutic Target For Degenerative Brain Diseases
August 2, 1999 — Laboratory experiments on prion diseases - degenerative brain illnesses such as Kuru and Crutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, scrapie in sheep, and the so-called "mad cow disease" - have ... > full story -
New Marking System Gives Scientists First Real View Of Immune Memory Cells
June 14, 1999 — A new method of permanently marking T cells has allowed Emory University immunologists and colleagues to overcome one of the most challenging barriers to understanding just how the immune system ... > full story
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