Proof-of-concept study demonstrates test’s preclinical utility Prions can infect both humans and animals, causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, mad cow disease in cattle, and ch... Read more
Yale researchers have identified a drinkable cocktail of designer molecules that interferes with a crucial first step of Alzheimer’s and even restores memories in mice, they report Jan. 2 in... Read more
Finding May Shed Added Light On, Offer Treatment Hope for Brain-Wasting Diseases Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have synthesized the first artificial human pr... Read more
INRA scientists have shown for the first time that the pathogens responsible for scrapie in small ruminants (prions) have the potential to convert the human prion protein from a healthy stat... Read more
A nasal brush test can rapidly and accurately diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), an incurable and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder, according to a study by National Institu... Read more
Could be used for screening donated blood for the presence of the vCJD agent The first cases of mad cow disease in humans occurred in the late 1990s and are thought to be the consequence of... Read more
“Nobody has talked about using only light to treat these diseases until now” Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with researchers at the Polish Wroclaw... Read more
Human diseases caused by misfolded proteins known as prions are some of most rare yet terrifying on the planet—incurable with disturbing symptoms that include dementia, personality shifts, h... Read more
Video: Professor Stephen Hoskins shares more about the latest 3D printing methods in ceramics in this insightful interview. A 7,000 year old technique, known as Egyptian Paste (also known as... Read more