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A prion disease of cervids: Chronic wasting disease 2008 by Terry S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 7:58pm of Wildlife, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Suggested citation for this article The transmission of the prion disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to humans raises... 1: Vet Res. 2008 Apr 3;39(4):41 A prion disease of cervids: Chronic wasting disease Sigurdson CJ. The recent discovery of chronic wasting disease Read on »

A prion disease of cervids: Chronic wasting disease 2008 by Terry S. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 24 Jun 2008 5:07pm encephalopathy to humans indicates that the species barrier may not completely protect humans from animal prion diseases. Conversion of human prion protein by CWD-associated prions has..., Denver, Colorado, USA; and #Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Suggested citation for this article The transmission of the prion disease bovine spongiform Read on »

THE ROLE OF PREDATION IN DISEASE CONTROL: A COMPARISON OF SELECTIVE AND NONSELECTIVE REMOVAL ON PRION DISEASE DYNAMICS IN DEER by Terry S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 14 Feb 2011 11:22am Monday, March 8, 2010 Canine Spongiform Encephalopathy aka MAD DOG DISEASE Greetings, Another Big Myth about Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, is that TSE..., 2010 Canine Spongiform Encephalopathy aka MAD DOG DISEASE http://caninespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/ http://caninespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com Read on »

A New Prion Disease by Dr. Brian M. Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 23 Aug 2008 11:43pm

1 Comment The esteemed Dr. Doug Shevlin (pictured on left) sent me this article on a newly described prion disease known as protease-sensitive prionopathy (PSPr), a disease with a similar clinical presentation as sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), but with a stronger hereditary connection. The prions associated with sCJD are protease resistant Read on »

NIH Study Suggests That Early Detection is Possible for Prion Diseases by Terry S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 13 Dec 2010 5:52pm conditions also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. They are difficult to diagnose, untreatable and ultimately fatal. A key physical characteristic of these diseases is dead tissue that leaves sponge-like holes in the brain. Prion diseases include mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle; scrapie in sheep; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Read on »

NIH Study Suggests That Early Detection Is Possible for Prion Diseases by Medline Plus Posted Fri 03 Dec 2010 4:34pm as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. They are difficult to diagnose, untreatable and ultimately fatal. A key physical characteristic of these diseases is dead tissue that leaves sponge-like holes in the brain. Prion diseases include mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle; scrapie in sheep; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Read on »

D. T. Max writes the back story on prion disease by Dr. Brian M. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 06 May 2009 10:11pm encephalopathy, and scrapie. It appears that as the mysteries surrounding the prion diseases are further unraveled, the secrets behind the more common neurodegenerative diseases (which... in 1976 shared a Nobel prize for his work in tracking the cause of kuru (a disease later classified among the prion disorders) as resulting from the practice of funerary cannibalism Read on »

Best Post of May '09: D.T. Max writes the back story on prion disease by Dr. Brian M. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 15 Jul 2009 5:45pm ." There is no doubt that the prejudice, jealousy, and ambition played a large role in both the development and elucidation of the prion diseases. D. T. Max has written a wonderful book about the fascinating history of this strange class of diseases -- including CJD, kuru, fatal familial insomnia, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and scrapie. As the mysteries surrounding Read on »

Agent strain variation in human prion disease: insights from a molecular and pathological review of the National Institutes of H by Terry S. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 09 Sep 2010 2:06pm strain typing Abbreviations CJD Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease NIH National Institutes of Health TSEs transmissible spongiform encephalopathies © The Author (2010). Published... of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.48 Dr Fahey told the committee of his concerns regarding the lengthy incubation period for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, the inadequacy of current Read on »

A molecular switch controls interspecies prion disease transmission in mice by Terry S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 14 Jun 2010 11:47am transmission Prion diseases are lethal neurodegenerative disorders that include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE; commonly known..., 2010. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are lethal neurodegenerative disorders that present with aggregated forms of the cellular prion protein (PrPC), which are known Read on »