Skin Test Detects Prion Infection Before Symptoms Appear
Researchers have developed a new skin biopsy test that can detect prion infections in skin samples before symptoms of disease appear. ... Read More...
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
First Artificial Human Prion Created
Researchers have successfully created a synthetic version of a human prion, a protein associated with brain wasting diseases like sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The prions may help shed new light on, and provide treatment options, for those with CJD and other prion related diseases.... Read More...
Prion Protein in Skin of CJD Patients
Researchers have detected a prion protein associated with CJD on the skin of almost two dozen people who died from the disease. The findings raise questions as to whether transmission of the disease via skin transplantation may be possible, and whether a simple skin test could detect the disease.... Read More...
Molecular Link Between Parkinson’s and Prion Diseases Discovered
Researchers detail the complex interaction between alpha synuclein and the prion protein PrPc.... Read More...
Research Offers Hope For NF2 Neuro-Tumor Patients
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have discovered the tole PrPC plays in the development of neurofibromatosis 2 tumors. According to the study, the prion protein is overproduced in schwannomas, compared with healthy Schwann cells. This overproduction is a result of Merlin deficiency and contributed to tumor growth in NF2 patients.... Read More...
Gut Cells Are Gatekeepers For Infectious Brain Diseases
A new study reports M cells found in the lining of the gut can help to protect the against prion infections.... Read More...
Fruit Fly Model of Brain Disease Could Lead to Blood Test for vCJD
A new fruit fly model in development could lead to low cost blood tests to help diagnose a deadly prion disease.... Read More...
Newly Deciphered Structure Suggests How Infectious Prions Replicate
Researchers have uncovered the 3D structure of infectious prions.... Read More...
Beneficial Role Clarified for Brain Protein Associated with Mad Cow Disease
Researchers report a protein normally associated with prion diseases may help to maintain myelin.... Read More...
Alzheimer-Type Brain Pathology Following Transplantation of Dura Mater
Researchers have discovered Alzheimer-type pathology in the brains of some dura mater transplant recipients who later died of CJD.... Read More...
Synthetic Prion Series Created
Researcher report they have successfully created synthetic prions which act like biological prions.... Read More...
Prion Disease Detected Soon After Infection in Mouse Brains
A new study reports researchers are able to detect infectious prion proteins in mouse brains within a week of exposure.... Read More...