We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease. Called ...

It is thought the prions that cause BSE in cattle, if transmitted to humans, cause the invariably lethal dementia known as new variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Despite a low disease prevalence in ...

(NEXSTAR) – A recent report published in the medical journal Neurology suggests that two hunters contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal neurological disorder, after eating venison obtained from ...

Recent research led by the University of Alberta challenges the belief that mad cow disease is caused only by misfolded ...

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Recent research led by the University of Alberta in Canada challenges the belief that BSE in cattle is caused only by ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Prion: Infection Prion Protein disrupted the functions of the human brain, turning individuals into wild, aggressive mutants. As part of a special military ...

HHMI researchers have shown that mutations in yeast prions can affect their ability to infect different strains of yeast. Two important questions face biologists studying the infectious proteins ...