How Toxic Aggregates Form and Kill Brain Cells in Prion Diseases
Scripps Research Discovery Illuminates How Brain Cells Die in Prion Diseases Researchers show how toxic aggregates are formed inside brain cells, and how to block…
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Researchers Discover that Prions Play Role in Yeast Survival and Evolution
While testing wild strains of yeast containing prions, researchers at MIT discovered that prions awaken dormant stretches of genes that can help the yeast survive…
Prion Diseases Hidden in Spleens Could Mean Thousands of Infected
A new study published in Science shows that prion diseases, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), are able to jump…