This bit of puppetry is satisfying, though the proximity of the figures to a long video discussion with John Collinge, professor of neurology and d

The idea of brain disease via Sorcerer could remind us of the history of Kuru, a form of prion disease that caused an epidemic brain degeneration,

* Promis neurosciences announces novel alzheimer's disease therapeutic candidates block neurotoxicity of prion-like forms of amyloid beta Sour

TOAST (Prion Books, 2016, 120 pages, $19.95 CAD hardbound) is a very funny work by the UK writer Nick Parker.

A shared biological mechanism may drive the progression of both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurode

A key characteristic of Orb2 is its prion-like ability to transform from one physical state to another and form clusters, or aggregates, under cert

A key characteristic of Orb2 is its prion-like ability to transform from one physical state to another and form clusters, or aggregates, under cert

They used a method known as gene targeting to get rid of the prion-protein gene, which is known to be a causing factor in Mad Cow Disease and also

Credit: Wikipedia Prions are misfolded proteins.

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At the same time, of course, incumbent Republican Governor Pat McCrory, under whose supervision the prion disease ran rampant throughout North Caro

The most recent beta-Amyloid science demonstrates that the primary form of beta-Amyloid that kills neurons and causes Alzheimer’s is the prion (or

Some bacteria use lactic acid to communicate with yeast cells.

Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Insti

Scientists still have much to learn about CWD, which appears to occur only in the deer family, but is believed to be caused by an abnormal protein

Multiple prion diseases — most famously bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or "mad cow disease" — have crossed over into humans.

By now, every deer hunter in the state should have heard of CWD, which is caused by an abnormally shaped protein, called a prion, that is transmitt

CWD is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. The infective agent in this disease is a mutated protein known as a prion.

Wolves are a bulwark against the spread of chronic wasting disease, because they kill deer and other hooved animals that show the symptoms of the b

For the first time, scientists have isolated a mutated prion protein that can multiply in the lab but not in living animals, according to a study.

Wolves are a bulwark against the spread of chronic wasting disease, because they kill deer and other hooved animals that show the symptoms of the b

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The ailment is caused by a prion, or a twisted protein in the affected deer.

Why Is the Study of Prion Diseases a Priority for NIAID? Much about TSE diseases remains unknown.