Mad Cow Disease News

Posted April 22, 2013:

• Putting the Brakes on Parkinson's

Posted April 3, 2013:

• Potential Therapy for Human Prion Disease

Posted March 28, 2013:

• Protective Prion Keeps Yeast Cells from Going It Alone

Posted March 14, 2013:

• Rapid Hearing Loss May Be a Symptom of Rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Posted March 13, 2013:

• Normal Prion Protein Regulates Iron Metabolism

Posted March 11, 2013:

• Discovery May Explain How Prion Diseases Spread Between Different Types of Animals

Posted March 3, 2013:

• Adding to the List of Disease-Causing Proteins in Brain Disorders

Posted February 21, 2013:

• Molecular System That Could Help Develop Potential Treatments for Conditions Such as Alzheimer's Disease Identified

Posted February 14, 2013:

• The Good Side of the Prion: A Molecule That Is Not Only Dangerous, but Can Help the Brain Grow

Posted February 5, 2013:

• Green Tea and Red Wine Extracts Interrupt Alzheimer's Disease Pathway in Cells

Posted February 4, 2013:

• Study Confirms No Transmission of Alzheimer's Proteins Between Humans

Posted November 29, 2012:

• Brain Inflammation Likely Key Initiator to Prion and Parkinson's Disease

Posted October 17, 2012:

• Crows Don't Digest Prions, May Transport Them to Other Locations

Posted October 16, 2012:

• Prion Protein Hints at Role in Aiding Learning and Memory

Posted September 19, 2012:

• Test Can Help Make Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Posted September 12, 2012:

• 'Mad Cow' Blood Test Now on the Horizon

Posted August 9, 2012:

• Copper Facilitates Prion Disease, Scientists Show

Posted July 23, 2012:

• New Compounds Inhibit Prion Infection

Posted July 19, 2012:

• Like a Transformer? Protein Unfolds and Refolds for New Function

Posted July 9, 2012:

• 'Mad Cow Disease' in Cattle Can Spread Widely in Autonomic Nervous System Before Detectable in the Central Nervous System

Posted June 6, 2012:

• Key to Controlling Toxicity of Huntington's Disease Protein May Be Cell Contents

Posted April 24, 2012:

• Prions in the Brain Eliminated by Homing Molecules

Posted April 23, 2012:

• New Yeast Prion Helps Cells Survive

Posted April 10, 2012:

• New MRI Technique May Predict Progress of Dementias

Posted February 15, 2012:

• Prions Play Powerful Role in the Survival and Evolution of Wild Yeast Strains

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Most Lethal Known Species of Prion Protein Identified

Posted December 29, 2011:

• New Findings About the Prion Protein and Its Interaction With the Immune System

Posted October 27, 2011:

• Using Photons to Manage Data

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Alzheimer's Might Be Transmissible in Similar Way as Infectious Prion Diseases, Research Suggests

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Screen Finds an Antidepressant and Other Drugs That Might Work Against Brain-Wasting Prion Diseases

Posted August 8, 2011:

• 'Good' Prion-Like Proteins Boost Immune Response, Scientists Report

Posted July 22, 2011:

• Cellular Stress Can Induce Yeast to Promote Prion Formation

Posted June 30, 2011:

• Tracking Down BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Posted May 26, 2011:

• Two Gene Classes Linked to New Prion Formation

Posted May 23, 2011:

• Potential Human Exposure to Prion Diseases Assessed

Posted May 18, 2011:

• Lichens May Aid in Combating Deadly Chronic Wasting Disease in Wildlife

Posted May 9, 2011:

• Fast, Sensitive Blood Test for Human Prion Disease
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Coroners Wrong to Say No to Post-Mortem Tissue Collection, UK Academics Argue

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Studies of Mutated Protein in Lou Gehrig’s Disease Reveal New Paths for Drug Discovery

Posted March 20, 2011:

• Mutant Prions Help Cells Foil Harmful Protein Misfolding

Posted March 14, 2011:

• New Research Focuses on Prion Diseases

Posted February 23, 2011:

• Needle-in-a-Haystack Search Identifies Potential Brain Disease Drug

Posted February 18, 2011:

• How Disordered Proteins Spread from Cell to Cell, Potentially Spreading Disease

Posted February 17, 2011:

• Unraveling How Prion Proteins Move Along Axons in the Brain

Posted January 19, 2011:

• Prion Disease Spreads in Sheep Via Mother's Milk

Posted January 13, 2011:

• Airborne Pathogens Can Induce Mad Cow Disease, New Findings Suggest

Posted January 10, 2011:

• New Drug Target for Prion Diseases, 'Mad Cow'

Posted December 17, 2010:

• Prions Mutate and Adapt to Host Environment

Posted December 2, 2010:

• Early Detection Is Possible for Prion Diseases, Study Suggests

Posted December 1, 2010:

• New Prion Discovery Reveals Drug Target for Mad Cow Disease and Related Illnesses

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