“I love the brain,” she enthused ... where she was introduced to the fascinating field of prions. Prion diseases are characterized by abnormal folding of the host’s naturally-occurring prion protein, ...

an enzyme implicated in the depletion of neurons in prion and Alzheimer’s disease. Recently studies have shown that the controlling cholesterol levels within the brain is critical in limiting ...

Glioblastoma (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer, is one of the greatest challenges for medicine, both ...

The characteristic diagnostic signs of prion disease in humans and animals, such as changes in behavior and mobility, result from advanced neurodegeneration for which there is currently no cure.

Glioblastoma (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer ... “This showed us that prion is a potential therapeutic target. But it’s unlikely that a single protein alone is responsible for ...

For the first time, researchers have developed an in vitro technique to detect the presence of prions in blood samples. An effective blood test for these lethal brain diseases could allow for ...

Some rare forms of dementia, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are caused by a type of protein called a prion. In these conditions, the prions misfold into a toxic form and then spread ...

CWD is also categorized as a prion disease, meaning it affects the brain’s prion proteins. When abnormal versions of these proteins infect the animal, they cause normal prion proteins to fold ...

In May of 2024, Mayo Clinic launched a new prion test, RT-QuIC Prion, CSF, which can distinguish prion disease from other ...