Article: Prions and prion diseases: current perspectives.(Book Review)

Article: Prion Diseases
Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders;      700+ words ...Prion diseases Definition Prion diseases are also called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ... they leave in infected brains. The infectious agents in prion diseases are prions, or proteinaceous infectious particles, that ...

Article: Ophthalmic surgery in prion diseases.
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Ophthalmologists should be aware of prion diseases as a possible cause of visual symptoms ... 1,2). Some patients with prion diseases may visit ophthalmologists with visual impairment due to prion diseases or with coexisting age-related ...

Article: Prion diseases: Dynamics of the infection and ...
Biophysical Journal;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Prion diseases are thought to result from a pathogenic ... long incubation periods observed in prion diseases. The dynamic process of prion propagation ... displays bistable properties. Sporadic prion diseases may result from a change in one ...

Article: Prion Diseases--An Evidence-based Protocol for ...
AORN Journal;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Prion diseases are fatal, infectious, neurodegenerative ... protect health care personnel? PRIONS Prion diseases are caused by a unique class of pathogens ... diseases, commonly referred to as prion diseases. ANIMAL PRION DISEASES Prions are ...

Article: Proteins Gone Bad -- Prion Diseases Slow, Sure ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the nickname "mad cow disease." Prion diseases are known as spongiform encephalopathies ... Is there any treatment? A: No. Prion diseases are fatal. Q: How do people catch ... disease? A: Scientists once believed prion diseases could not pass from one species to ...

Article: Prion Diseases/Alzheimer's "Class A Scavenger ...
Blood Weekly;  June 22, 1998 ;     660 words ... ... 3, 1998, in Washington, DC, "Prion diseases, also called the spongiform encephalopathies ... in cattle, and scrapie in sheep. Prion diseases and Alzheimer's disease share similar ... cellular proteins, prion protein in prion diseases and p-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease ...

Article: Fatal Familial Insomnia Differs from Other Prion ...
Blood Weekly;  January 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... selective neuronal vulnerability in human prion diseases demonstrated differences in the pathogenesis ... spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, are neurodegenerative disorders of ... Selective Neuronal Vulnerability in Human Prion Diseases - Fatal Familial Insomnia ...