Researchers have shown using antisense oligonucleotides to reduce the levels of prion protein in lab animals with prion disease can extended their

Reducing prion protein levels can reverse markers of disease even after toxic clumps have formed in the brain, reports a new study.

Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a rapidly progressive dementia. No clinical blood tests are available for diagnosis.

Here, the evolution of the sequences of prion-forming domains in Saccharomycetes is re-visited, but from the point of view of mutation biases.

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The interaction of prion protein (PrP) and α-synuclein (αSyn) oligomers causes synaptic impairment that might trigger Parkinson’s disease and other

A young lab technician in France developed a rare and fatal brain disease after she was accidentally exposed to prions, the infectious proteins tha

The global prion disease diagnostics market will likely expand at a moderate pace in the near future on the back of technological progress in the d

With CWD now present throughout the upper Midwest and south central Canada, and several positive tests in 2019 adding to the cases detected in Nort

Wildlife biologists tell us that CWD is not spread from bacteria or a virus but by a tough little microscopic gremlin called a prion.

Human prion diseases include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS).

The Center, through the Autopsy Coordination Program, offers financial and logistical assistance for a brain-only autopsy, to families with loved o

The disease is caused by a misshapen protein called a prion. Deer shed them into the environment, mainly through saliva, urine and feces.

Regular coronavirus tests for all inmates, workers and wardens at Dubai Central Jail, as well as precautionary measures, prevented COVID-19 from ju

In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, many prisons around the world are struggling to implement precautionary measures for inmates to prevent spread of

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The prion hypothesis, so heretical when first systematized by Stanley Prusiner, is now the standard model to account for the infectivity of the tra

Some rare forms of dementia, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are caused by a type of protein called a prion.

A new report, published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, highlights yet another reason why: People can come down with

The researchers noted that the genetic forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease generally would be identified using results of genetic testing for mutati

working to understand genetic variants of the prion protein in order to protect against prion disease The Utah Foundation for Biomedical Research: