This category includes disorders caused by prions, which are infectious proteins. Examples of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies they cause include Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease, Kuru, Scrapie in sheep and goats, Chronic Wasting Disease of cervids, Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy, and Fatal Familial Insomnia.
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Technical explanation of sheep and human prion proteins in normal and dimer forms.
Only Center of its kind in the U.S., which coordinates autopsies and neuropathologic examinations of suspected prion disease cases from across the country.
Analysis of prion disease progression in cellular and animal models.
(May 01, 2008)
Paper by Andrew D Steele, Susan Lindquist and Adriano Aguzzi discussing the many phenotypes.
(April 01, 2007)
Only Center of its kind in the U.S., which coordinates autopsies and neuropathologic examinations of suspected prion disease cases from across the country.
Technical explanation of sheep and human prion proteins in normal and dimer forms.
Analysis of prion disease progression in cellular and animal models.
(May 01, 2008)
Paper by Andrew D Steele, Susan Lindquist and Adriano Aguzzi discussing the many phenotypes.
(April 01, 2007)
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