But sometimes, prions can also be transmitted from one individual to another (infamously, the prion disease kuru was spread through cannibalism), or even between two different species of animal.

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

Of the three origins of prion diseases—familial, infectious and what is called 'spontaneous'—the latter is most common in humans. In this case, a normal prion protein spontaneously 'flips' to ...

朊病毒感染是一款第一人称射击跑酷游戏，玩家扮演特种军事单位的一名成员，面对因Prion Protein引发的全球性脑功能失调和人类变异，肩负起阻止 ...

In May of 2024, Mayo Clinic launched a new prion test, RT-QuIC Prion, CSF, which can distinguish prion disease from other causes of rapidly progressive dementia—particularly autoimmune forms of ...

When Julie Moreno arrived at Texas A&M University as a first-generation student in 2000, she wanted to work in veterinary medicine. But the opportunity to work in a research laboratory during her time ...

Ohio hunters have discovered 24 white-tailed deer infected with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), also known as 'zombie disease' ...

"Scrapie" is the old Scottish shepherds' name for a disease of their sheep which has been known for several centuries. It is the original example of a group of diseases, known as the ...

Why did we fund this project? Comments from members of our Research Network: "At last this is a piece of work targeting that crucial stage ... long before any clinical symptoms will be present and ...

May 17, 2024 — A new study of prion diseases, using a human cerebral organoid model, suggests there is a substantial species barrier preventing transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from ...

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases that include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), scrapie in sheep, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease ...