Prion-like proteins can propagate across species, potentially contributing to disease. Here the gut microbiome was analyzed ...

A woman's human growth hormone treatments in childhood may have sealed her fate decades later, according to a new case report ...

Prion diseases are a group of different conditions ... MRI (magnetic resonance imaging): Powerful magnets and radio waves are used to make detailed images of your brain. CT scan (computerized ...

The rewards for a detailed understanding of prion disease susceptibility, including the identification of high-risk groups, improving animal models, and rational therapeutics, are potentially ...

The first detailed structure of an infectious prion that causes chronic wasting disease, or CWD, reveals features that could help guide vaccine development or explain why the illness hasn’t yet ...