Prion News

Posted October 6, 2009:

• First Direct Information About Prion's Molecular Structure Reported

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Evolutionary Origins Of Prion Disease Gene Uncovered

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Can Gene Expression Profiling Make It Possible To Predict Deadly Infections In Cattle?

Posted August 27, 2009:

• Gene Mutation Alone Causes Transmissible Prion Disease

Posted August 3, 2009:

• People Who Eat Deer And Elk With Chronic Wasting Disease May Avoid Infection Because Of Species Barrier, Study in Monkeys Suggests

Posted June 28, 2009:

• Mad Cow And Related Diseases: Copper Linked To Normal Functioning Of Prions

Posted June 17, 2009:

• Farmed Fish May Pose Risk For Mad Cow Disease

Posted June 1, 2009:

• Scientists Devise Accelerated Method To Determine Infectious Prion Strains

Posted April 26, 2009:

• Closing In On Goat Scrapie

Posted April 20, 2009:

• Disruption Of Copper Regulation As Key To Prion Diseases

Posted April 7, 2009:

• Large Number Of New Prions Discovered: Scientists Redefining What It Means To Be A Prion

Posted March 20, 2009:

• Prion Discovery Gives Clue To Control Of Mass Gene Expression
• Iron Is Involved In Prion Disease-associated Neuronal Demise

Posted March 15, 2009:

• What Drove The Cow Mad? Lessons From A Tiny Fish

Posted February 19, 2009:

• Potential Health Risks Associated With Stressed Foodstuffs Such As Foie Gras

Posted January 30, 2009:

• New Disease, Comparable To BSE, Created In Laboratory Mice

Posted January 17, 2009:

• Intestinal Lymphatic Tissue Important For The Absorption And Spread Of The Scrapie Prion

Posted December 8, 2008:

• Prion Infectivity Found In White And Brown Fat Tissues Of Mice

Posted December 6, 2008:

• New Mouse Model Of Prion Disease: Mutant Proteins Result In Infectious Prion Disease In Mice

Posted November 28, 2008:

• Mouse Model Of Prion Disease Mimics Diverse Symptoms Of Human Disorder

Posted October 10, 2008:

• Tracking Down The Cause Of Mad Cow Disease: First Synthetic Prion Protein With An Anchor

Posted September 30, 2008:

• Is There More To Prion Protein Than Mad Cow Disease?

Posted September 13, 2008:

• Mad Cow Disease Also Caused By Genetic Mutation

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Changes In Urine Could Lead To BSE Test For Live Animals

Posted September 5, 2008:

• Infectious, Test Tube-produced Prions Can Jump The 'Species Barrier'

Posted September 1, 2008:

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Humans Could Be Infected Through Blood Transfusions

Posted August 30, 2008:

• Novel Approach In Molecular Differentiation Of Prion Strains

Posted August 16, 2008:

• Resistant Prions: Can They Be Transmitted By Environment As Well As Direct Contact?

Posted August 11, 2008:

• Investigation Of Prion Folding On Cell Membranes

Posted June 19, 2008:

• Infectious And Non-infectious Prions Have Clear Differences In Molecular Structures

Posted May 9, 2008:

• Prions Show Their Good Side

Posted April 12, 2008:

• Protecting A Life-saving Blood Product From Human Form Of Mad Cow Disease

Posted April 8, 2008:

• Transmitting Prion Diseases In Milk

Posted March 19, 2008:

• New Insights Into Mad Cow Disease: Diversity Of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Agents Discovered

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Nano-sensor For Better Detection Of Mad Cow Disease Agent

Posted December 12, 2007:

• New Tests Identify Lethal Prion Strains Quickly And Accurately

Posted December 1, 2007:

• Levels Of Prion Protein In Brain May Not Be Reliable Marker For Disease

Posted November 22, 2007:

• Prion Fingerprints Detected With Glowing Molecule

Posted October 1, 2007:

• Lymph Nodes Can Be Key In Spreading Prion Infectivity

Posted September 15, 2007:

• Prions May Activate Retroviruses In Infected Brain Cells

Posted September 10, 2007:

• Small Clumps Of Prion Proteins May Be Primary Cause Of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Posted August 17, 2007:

• Newly Discovered Prion Protein May Offer Insight Into Mad Cow Disease

Posted July 10, 2007:

• Study Advances Variant CJD Prion Detection

Posted July 9, 2007:

• Soil Particles Found To Boost Prion's Capacity To Infect

Posted July 6, 2007:

• Prion Propagates In Foreign Host

Posted July 4, 2007:

• Manganese Levels Increase In Scrapie-infected Sheep Before Clinical Symptoms Develop

Posted May 9, 2007:

• Scientists Identify Prion's Infectious Secret

Posted May 3, 2007:

• Vaccine Prevents Prion Disease In Mice

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