Prion diseases are rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorders caused by misfolded prion proteins (PrP) in the brain. This can lead to memory loss, behavior changes, and movement problems. Prion diseases ...

Prion diseases are a group of different conditions that affect your brain and nervous system. They can cause severe dementia or problems with body control that get worse very quickly. They're rare -- ...

The misfolding of proteins and their subsequent deposition as amyloid in peripheral nerves lead to sensory and autonomic neuropathy A new hereditary form of neuropathy, prion protein (PrP) systemic ...

Human prion diseases, although variable in clinicopathological phenotype, generally present as neurologic or neuropsychiatric conditions associated with rapid multifocal central nervous system ...

Prion infections lead to invariably fatal diseases of the CNS, including Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and scrapie in sheep. There have been ...

We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease. Called prions, these molecules are responsible for conditions such as bovine ...

(NEXSTAR) – A recent report published in the medical journal Neurology suggests that two hunters contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal neurological disorder, after eating venison obtained from ...

Researchers have drawn a possible link between the deaths of two hunters in the last couple of years from a rare neurological condition. A report, authored by medical experts from the University of ...

A new study has reported that a now-banned medical procedure may have unintentionally infected patients with Alzheimer’s disease-causing proteins. Between 1959 and 1985, patients with short stature ...

The virus causing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, has spread far more quickly than any other coronavirus in recorded history. Why is it so contagious? One possibility is that its spike ...

Prion diseases are a group of rare, invariably fatal brain diseases that occur both in humans and animals. They are caused by the presence of an abnormal protein in the brain tissue, called scrapie ...