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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 -
Synthetic Prion Causes Neurological Disease In Mice
July 30, 2004 — Scientists have produced a prion protein that can trigger the development of a neurological disorder in mice that is similar to "mad cow" disease, according to a new study supported by the National ... > full story -
Prion Finding Offers Insight Into Spontaneous Protein Diseases
July 29, 2004 — UCSF scientists are reporting what they say is compelling evidence that the infectious agent known as prion is composed solely of ... > full story -
Researchers To Study Fate Of Prions In Wastewater
May 26, 2004 — With funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a group of UW-Madison researchers will investigate what happens if infectious prion proteins - considered the cause of chronic wasting ... > full story -
Researchers Make Major Gain In Understanding How Prions Jump Species
April 9, 2004 — Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have taken a major step towards understanding how abnormal prion proteins, the suspected cause of mad cow and related diseases, ... > full story -
Artificial Prions Created
March 23, 2004 — Researchers have identified the amino acid sequences that allow prions to aggregate and replicate - and thereby pass through generations of cells - and prove this by designing an artificial yeast ... > full story -
Experiments Establish 'Protein-Only' Nature Of Prion Infections
March 18, 2004 — Two independent research groups have established conclusively that prions are proteins, and that they do not depend on genes or other factors for transmission of their traits. According to the ... > full story -
A New Twist On The Mad Cow: Scientists Discover The Normal Prion Protein May Contribute Directly To Disease
January 30, 2004 — In a surprising twist on a timely topic, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute are presenting evidence that mad cow disease prions cannot kill neurons on their own and that normal, healthy ... > full story -
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Physicists Study Mad Cow-Type Diseases
January 26, 2004 — Using math and physics to investigate mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE) and similar diseases caused by infectious proteins called prions is the aim of research by physicists ... > full story -
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No Cow Left Behind: Professor Advocates Testing Of All Cows For Mad Cow Disease
January 15, 2004 — For the first time in history, the United States is faced with a confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease within its borders, but according to Northeastern ... > full story
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