Knight says that the method of transmission that Collinge identified is “extremely unusual,” and there’s no evidence that ...

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A silent but deadly epidemic is creeping through North America and scientists are sounding the alarm.

Glioblastoma stem cells with fluorescent labeling for prion protein (red), CD44 protein (green), and cell nucleus (blue) ...

“RNA-binding proteins, and proteins with prion-like domains in general, are a good place to start the search.” People with MSP suffer from a steady loss of brain, muscle, and bone tissue, as well as ...

Clostridium botulinum produces a transcription factor that can aggregate and self-propagate a prion-like form ... Learn about our Editorial Policies. Bacterial proteins capable of acting like prions ...

Almost two decades have passed since Stanley Prusiner proposed that the transmissible agent causing spongiform encephalopathies consists of a misfolded protein — but the biology of prion ...

Caption The video shows the mechanism by which the aggregated and infectious form of the prion protein (red) induces its physiological counterpart (blue) to change conformation. Once the normal ...

Accumulation of a protein called TDP-43 is a key feature of ALS and frontotemporal dementia. In a newly published study, ...

Director Kelly Susewind has made decisions on proposed rules designed to limit the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Washington.