FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 15, 2021·3 min readCrucial Step in Formation of Deadly Brain Diseases DiscoveredStudy sheds light on what causes normal proteins to convert to a diseased form associated with CJD and Kuru.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·May 1, 2019·9 min readAlzheimer’s disease is a ‘double-prion disorder’Self-propagating amyloid and tau act as prions in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. Higher levels of the prions in human brain samples were strongly correlated with early onset of Alzheimer's and death at a younger age.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·October 14, 2016·5 min readFruit Fly Model of Brain Disease Could Lead to Blood Test for vCJDA new fruit fly model in development could lead to low cost blood tests to help diagnose a deadly prion disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 31, 2015·9 min readNew Human Prion Disease IdentifiedAccording to researchers, Multiple System Atrophy, or MSA, is a neurodegenerative disease that is caused by a newly discovered type of prion.Read More
