Prion News

Posted April 26, 2005:

• Study Sheds Light On Age-Related Changes Of Prion Diseases

Posted April 24, 2005:

• Fibril Shape Is The Basis Of Prion Strains And Cross-Species Prion Infection

Posted February 22, 2005:

• Diagnosis Of Prions In Patients Should Utilize Novel Strategy, Team Says

Posted February 17, 2005:

• Test Could Improve Detection Of Prion Disease In Humans

Posted February 5, 2005:

• Diffusion-Weighted MRI Can Diagnose 'Mad Cow'-Related Disease In Humans Before Symptoms Show
• Infectious Agent Linked To Mad Cow Disease Found In Organs Other Than The Brain

Posted February 4, 2005:

• Doctors Need To Prepare For Blood Shortages Now

Posted January 10, 2005:

• Blocking Cell Suicide Switch Fails To Stop Prion Damage In Mouse Brains

Posted December 20, 2004:

• New Study Shows How Mad Cow Prions Hitch A Ride Into Intestine

Posted September 21, 2004:

• Amyloid Fibers Sprout One Step At A Time

Posted September 15, 2004:

• Protein Is Key To Fatal Disorder And Normal Cell Function

Posted July 30, 2004:

• Synthetic Prion Causes Neurological Disease In Mice

Posted July 29, 2004:

• Prion Finding Offers Insight Into Spontaneous Protein Diseases

Posted May 26, 2004:

• Researchers To Study Fate Of Prions In Wastewater

Posted April 9, 2004:

• Researchers Make Major Gain In Understanding How Prions Jump Species

Posted March 23, 2004:

• Artificial Prions Created

Posted March 18, 2004:

• Experiments Establish 'Protein-Only' Nature Of Prion Infections

Posted January 30, 2004:

• A New Twist On The Mad Cow: Scientists Discover The Normal Prion Protein May Contribute Directly To Disease

Posted January 26, 2004:

• Physicists Study Mad Cow-Type Diseases

Posted January 15, 2004:

• No Cow Left Behind: Professor Advocates Testing Of All Cows For Mad Cow Disease

Posted January 8, 2004:

• Veterinary College Researchers Seeking To Clone 'Mad Cow Disease' Resistant Cattle Strain

Posted January 6, 2004:

• Enzyme Fully Degrades Mad Cow Disease Prion

Posted December 28, 2003:

• 'Mad Cow' Mechanism May Be Integral To Storing Memory

Posted September 17, 2003:

• Study Shows Prions Stick Around In Certain Soils

Posted September 8, 2003:

• Researchers Develop Faster, More Accurate Test For Mad Cow Disease

Posted August 21, 2003:

• Tipping The Balance Of Prion Infectivity

Posted June 2, 2003:

• Researchers Discover Possible Diagnosis, Treatment, Vaccine For Mad Cow, Prion Diseases

Posted May 9, 2003:

• Clue To Prion Formation Found, Offers Step Toward Treating Puzzling Diseases

Posted May 8, 2003:

• Pressure Combined With Heat Reduces Prion Infectivity In Processed Meats

Posted April 11, 2003:

• Widespread Cannibalism May Have Caused Prehistoric Prion Disease Epidemics, Science Study Suggests

Posted March 6, 2003:

• Scientific Advance Establishes 'Proof Of Principle' That Prion Diseases Might Be Prevented

Posted February 3, 2003:

• Prion Disease May Be Caused By Buildup Of Cellular Trash, Say Stanford Researchers

Posted January 31, 2003:

• Mouse Genetic Model For Spongiform Brain Diseases

Posted October 21, 2002:

• UCSF-Led Team Reports New Test Improves Detection Of Prions In Animals

Posted October 18, 2002:

• Researchers Find Mechanism Responsible For Neuronal Death In Prion Diseases

Posted January 10, 2002:

• Assessing The Risk Of Mad Cow In Sheep

Posted October 18, 2001:

• Study Examines How Prion Disease Adapts To New Species

Posted August 15, 2001:

• UCSF Study Finds Two Old Drugs May Help Fight Prion Diseases

Posted July 27, 2001:

• New Finding May Identify Unknown Agents Of Mad-Cow Disease

Posted March 8, 2001:

• 'Promiscuous Prion' Yields Clues To Infection Across Species Barriers

Posted September 28, 2000:

• Prions May Play Crucial Role In Evolution

Posted August 24, 2000:

• "Strikingly Similar" Protein May Be In Alzheimer's And Mad Cow Disease

Posted May 10, 2000:

• German Scientists Develop Ultrasensitive Method For The Diagnosis Of Prion Diseases

Posted February 24, 2000:

• NIAID Researchers Identify New Drugs To Treat "Mad Cow"-Like Disease In Mice

Posted January 31, 2000:

• Researchers Show That Proteins Can Transmit Heritable Traits

Posted January 24, 2000:

• Deadly To Cattle And Humans, Prions May Help Other Organisms Survive, Researchers Find

Posted December 21, 1999:

• Data Establishes Link Between "Mad Cow" Disease, Human Brain Disorder

Posted August 2, 1999:

• Lab Experiments Reveal Potential Therapeutic Target For Degenerative Brain Diseases

Posted May 27, 1999:

• Protein Misfolding, Not Mutant Gene, Key To Lethal Sleep Disorder

Posted April 12, 1999:

• New Evidence On How Prions Turn Fatal -- Structure Suggests Possibility Of Breeding Animals Resistant To "Mad Cow Disease"

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