Prion News

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Posted October 28, 2010:

• Size of Protein Aggregates, Not Abundance, Drives Spread of Prion-Based Disease

Posted October 19, 2010:

• Eye Test for Neurological Diseases in Livestock Developed

Posted August 13, 2010:

• New Sporadic Prion Protein Disease: Variably Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy Shares Genotype Characteristics With Creutzfeldt-Jakob

Posted July 26, 2010:

• Infectious Prions Can Arise Spontaneously in Normal Brain Tissue, Study Shows

Posted July 8, 2010:

• Surgery Linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, According to Spanish Study

Posted June 14, 2010:

• Sequence and Structure Key to Prion Disease Transmission

Posted June 2, 2010:

• Eyes of Cattle May Become New Windows to Detect Mad Cow Disease

Posted May 26, 2010:

• New Model for Chronic Wasting Disease

Posted March 4, 2010:

• New Form of Prion Disease Damages Brain Arteries

Posted February 26, 2010:

• Researchers Induce a New Transmissible Prion Disease

Posted February 5, 2010:

• Prion Protein in Cell Culture

Posted January 28, 2010:

• Spongiform Brain Diseases Are Caused by Aberrant Protein, New Research Shows

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