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Soil Particles Found To Boost Prion's Capacity To Infect
July 6, 2007 — The rogue proteins that cause chronic wasting disease (CWD) exhibit a dramatic increase in their infectious nature when bound to common soil particles, according to a new ... > full story -
Prion Propagates In Foreign Host
July 5, 2007 — Using baker's yeast and another fungus, researchers report the first successful propagation of a prion from one organism to another. Prions -- infectious, oddly-folded proteins that are the main ... > full story -
Study Advances Variant CJD Prion Detection
July 5, 2007 — Scientists have made significant advances towards the development of a technique that could be used to confirm whether someone is infected with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob ... > full story -
Alzheimer's Prevention Role Discovered For Prions
July 3, 2007 — A role for prion proteins, the much debated agents of mad cow disease and vCJD, has been identified. It appears that the normal prions produced by the body help to prevent the plaques that build up ... > full story -
Manganese Levels Increase In Scrapie-Infected Sheep Before Clinical Symptoms Develop
July 2, 2007 — Sheep infected with scrapie and cows infected with BSE have elevated levels of manganese in their blood before clinical symptoms appear, according to new ... > full story -
Scientists Identify Prion's Infectious Secret
May 9, 2007 — Prions are highly robust and infectious proteins, most notable for their central role in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly called mad cow disease. But very little is known about how prions ... > full story -
Vaccine Prevents Prion Disease In Mice
May 3, 2007 — An oral vaccine can prevent mice from developing a brain disease similar to mad cow disease, according to new research. Prion diseases, which include scrapie, mad cow disease and chronic wasting ... > full story -
Chronic Wasting Disease Is Transmissible Among Rodents
April 26, 2007 — For the first time, a new study demonstrates that certain rodents can be directly infected with chronic wasting disease and therefore serve as animal models for further study of the ... > full story -
Toward Safer Disposal Of Animals Infected With Mad Cow And Other Prion Diseases
March 19, 2007 — Burying prion-infected carcasses of cattle, deer and other animals in lime may actually enhance the spread of those infectious proteins through soil, a new study suggests. Placing quicklime on ... > full story -
Researchers Develop Resin Beads That Capture Mad Cow Disease Agent From Blood
February 24, 2007 — For the first time, experimental results indicate that it is possible to use a resin filter to remove harmful prion proteins from the blood of an infected animal, a finding that has major ... > full story
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