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Infectious Prions Can Arise Spontaneously in Normal Brain Tissue, Study Shows
July 26, 2010 — In a startling new discovery, scientists have shown for the first time that abnormal prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, can ... > full story -
Surgery Linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, According to Spanish Study
July 8, 2010 — A new study spearheaded by Spanish scientists demonstrates a causal relationship between the onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), caused by a protein called a prion, and general ... > full story -
Sequence and Structure Key to Prion Disease Transmission
June 14, 2010 — Prion diseases are lethal neurodegenerative disorders that include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease) in cows. New data ... > full story -
Eyes of Cattle May Become New Windows to Detect Mad Cow Disease
June 2, 2010 — The eyes may or may not be windows to the soul, as the old adage goes, but scientists are reporting evidence that a peek into the eyes of cattle may become the basis for a long-sought test to detect ... > full story -
New Model for Chronic Wasting Disease
May 26, 2010 — Scientists have generated a mouse model of cervid chronic wasting disease. Chronic wasting disease is a fatal prion-induced disease, similar to mad cow disease, that affects cervids such as deer, ... > full story -
New Form of Prion Disease Damages Brain Arteries
March 4, 2010 — Scientists investigating how prion diseases destroy the brain have observed a new form of the disease in mice that does not cause the sponge-like brain deterioration typically seen in prion diseases. ... > full story -
Researchers Induce a New Transmissible Prion Disease
February 26, 2010 — Researchers have conducted a study on prion disease and found that transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) can be induced without an outside catalyst like a ... > full story -
Prion Protein in Cell Culture
February 5, 2010 — The fatal brain disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob in humans, BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in cattle and scrapie in sheep are so-called prion diseases, whereby one of the body's normal proteins, the ... > full story -
Spongiform Brain Diseases Are Caused by Aberrant Protein, New Research Shows
January 28, 2010 — Scientists have determined how a normal protein can be converted into a prion, an infectious agent that causes fatal brain diseases in humans and mammals. The finding, in mice, is expected to advance ... > full story -
'Lifeless' Prions Capable of Evolutionary Change and Adaptation
December 31, 2009 — Scientists have determined for the first time that prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, are capable of Darwinian ... > full story
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