Prion News

Posted March 17, 2008:

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

Posted March 3, 2008:

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

Posted February 11, 2008:

• Prions Link Cholesterol To Neurodegeneration

Posted December 4, 2007:

• New Tests Identify Lethal Prion Strains Quickly And Accurately

Posted November 30, 2007:

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

Posted November 21, 2007:

• Prion Fingerprints Detected With Glowing Molecule

Posted September 26, 2007:

• Lymph Nodes Can Be Key In Spreading Prion Infectivity

Posted September 7, 2007:

• Prions May Activate Retroviruses In Infected Brain Cells

Posted September 5, 2007:

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

Posted August 16, 2007:

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

Posted July 6, 2007:

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

Posted July 5, 2007:

• Prion Propagates In Foreign Host
• Study Advances Variant CJD Prion Detection

Posted July 3, 2007:

• Alzheimer's Prevention Role Discovered For Prions

Posted July 2, 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

Posted April 26, 2007:

• Chronic Wasting Disease Is Transmissible Among Rodents

Posted March 19, 2007:

• Toward Safer Disposal Of Animals Infected With Mad Cow And Other Prion Diseases

Posted February 24, 2007:

• Researchers Develop Resin Beads That Capture Mad Cow Disease Agent From Blood

Posted February 12, 2007:

• Study Reveals Structural Dynamics Of Single Prion Molecules

Posted January 31, 2007:

• Prion Disease Treatable If Caught Early

Posted January 25, 2007:

• Identifying Variation In The U.S. Bovine Prion Gene

Posted January 23, 2007:

• Team Finds Crucial Protein Role In Deadly Prion Spread

Posted January 2, 2007:

• Genetics Research Helps Scuttle Scrapie

Posted January 1, 2007:

• Mad Cow Breakthrough? Genetically Modified Cattle Are Prion Free

Posted December 1, 2006:

• New Approach To Mad Cow Disease Successful In Lab: Prion-Infected Mice Survive Longer

Posted October 31, 2006:

• Researchers Developing New Strategy To Combat Prion Diseases

Posted October 30, 2006:

• A Potential Anti-Prion Drug With 'Unprecedented' Potency

Posted September 27, 2006:

• Blood Transfusion-Transmitted Infections: A Global Perspective

Posted August 20, 2006:

• Human Version Of 'Mad Cow' Disease Might Be Spread Via The Reuse Of Surgical Instruments, Study Suggests

Posted July 7, 2006:

• Prion Disease Agent Causes Heart Damage In Mouse Study
• Prion Find Points Way To Test For Human 'Mad Cow' Disease

Posted June 29, 2006:

• Brittle Prions Are More Infectious

Posted June 12, 2006:

• Unraveling Alzheimer's: Clues May Be Found Visualizing Plaques In Human Brain, Mad Cow-Type Diseases

Posted May 19, 2006:

• Study Suggests New Human Genotype May Be Prone To Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Posted April 28, 2006:

• Can Dementia Spread From Mother To Offspring?

Posted April 14, 2006:

• Soil-Bound Prions That Cause CWD Remain Infectious

Posted March 31, 2006:

• New Evidence Questions Simple Link Between Prion Proteins And 'Mad Cow' Disease

Posted January 3, 2006:

• History Of Human Cannibalism Eats Away At Researchers

Posted December 9, 2005:

• Study Links Progressive Aphasia Syndrome To Prion Gene

Posted November 22, 2005:

• First Ever Study To Investigate Impact Of Chronic Wasting Disease On Humans

Posted October 22, 2005:

• Cell Cultures Can Sort Out CJD And Scrapie Infectious Agents

Posted October 20, 2005:

• Protein Involved In 'Mad Cow' Disease

Posted September 8, 2005:

• Prions Rapidly 'Remodel' Good Protein Into Bad, Brown Study Shows
• NIAID Scientists Characterize The Most Infectious Prion Protein Particles

Posted August 29, 2005:

• 'Mad Cow' Proteins Successfully Detected In Blood

Posted June 15, 2005:

• Variant Prion Protein Causes Infection But No Symptoms

Posted May 24, 2005:

• Scientists Observe Infectious Prion Proteins Invade And Move Within Brain Cells

Posted May 14, 2005:

• Active Vaccine Prevents Mice From Developing Prion Disease

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