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Iron Is Involved In Prion Disease-Associated Neuronal Demise
March 13, 2009 — Imbalance of iron homeostasis is a common feature of prion disease-affected human, mouse, and hamster brains, according to a new study. These findings provide new insight into the mechanism of ... > full story -
What Drove The Cow Mad? Lessons From A Tiny Fish
March 9, 2009 — Scientists have known for some time that a normal protein in the brain, prion protein (PrP), can turn harmful and cause deadly illnesses like CJD in humans, and BSE in cattle. What they could not ... > full story -
Antibody Key To Treating Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
March 4, 2009 — Scientists have determined the atomic structure of the "binding" between a brain protein and an antibody that could be key to treating patients with diseases such as variant ... > full story -
New Piece In Alzheimer's Puzzle
February 25, 2009 — Researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer's disease. They report that cellular prion proteins trigger the process by which amyloid-beta peptides block brain ... > full story -
Potential Health Risks Associated With Stressed Foodstuffs Such As Foie Gras
February 10, 2009 — Harmful proteins fragments known as amyloid fibrils associated with damage to brain cells in Alzheimer's disease and to pancreatic cells in Type II diabetes can be present in the meat of poultry and ... > full story -
New Disease, Comparable To BSE, Created In Laboratory Mice
January 27, 2009 — Scientists have created a new disease, comparable to BSE, in laboratory mice. They have shown that exchanging just two amino acids in the structure of the prion protein is enough to trigger a ... > full story -
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Common Soil Mineral Degrades The Nearly Indestructible Prion
January 14, 2009 — In the rogues' gallery of microscopic infectious agents, the prion is the toughest hombre in town. Warped pathogens that lack both DNA and RNA, prions are believed to cause such fatal brain ailments ... > full story -
Intestinal Lymphatic Tissue Important For The Absorption And Spread Of The Scrapie Prion
January 9, 2009 — Scrapie is a transmissible, degenerative and ultimately fatal disease of the nervous system of sheep. The cause of the disease is a prion protein, and absorption from the intestine is assumed to be ... > full story -
New Mouse Model Of Prion Disease: Mutant Proteins Result In Infectious Prion Disease In Mice
December 5, 2008 — Scientists have created an infectious prion disease in a mouse model, in a step that may help unravel the mystery of this progressive disease that affects the nervous system in humans and ... > full story -
Prion Infectivity Found In White And Brown Fat Tissues Of Mice
December 5, 2008 — Researchers have found novel prion infectivity in white and brown fat tissues of mice. Prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, are infectious progressive fatal ... > full story
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