Article: Immunoquantitative PCR for Prion Protein Detection in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Article: Polymeric ligands with specificity for aggregated prion proteins
Clinical Chemistry;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......relatively proteinase K-resistant form (PrP^sup res^), in which the secondary structure is...procedures is a requirement for a PrP^sup res^ denaturation step, after protease digestion...available. As an alternative to seeking PrP^sup res^-specific antibodies, we have been screening...

Article: More people may have human form of mad cow disease than previously thought, scientists fear.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 29, 2002 ;     380 words ......second type of the human brain disease - sporadic CJD. The Government's latest figures show...November this year, 588 people died from sporadic CJD, including 28 deaths in 1990, 63 in...surprisingly'', other mice showed effects of sporadic CJD. ``These data suggest that more than...

Article: Scientists fear BSE link to second type of brain disease
The Independent - London;  November 28, 2002 ;     468 words ......researchers to believe that the increase in sporadic CJD seen in Britain and other European countries...Epidemiologists have dismissed any link between sporadic CJD and BSE, arguing that the doubling of...disease that was indistinguishable from sporadic CJD in humans. "There has been ...

Article: Ex-police chief died of rare CJD
Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK);  August 30, 2007 ;     316 words ...Retired police chief Ken Fielding died from sporadic CJD, an inquest heard. The 80-year-old former...been no significant change of instances of sporadic CJD. "It is always fatal. With sporadic CJD the majority will die within six months...

Article: Study Links Surgery to Higher Risk of CJD
Xinhua English Newswire;  February 26, 1999 ;     282 words ......account for a proportion of cases of sporadic CJD, the classic form of the disease. CJD comes in several forms. The most common is sporadic CJD that mainly affects elderly people and...is specific to the UK. The cause of sporadic CJD is still not known, but the new Australian...

Article: HEADLINE HERE.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  January 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......first time beef has been linked to sporadic CJD. Several hundred people in the United States die from sporadic CJD every year. That makes it rare, but...younger _ teens, 20s and 30s _ while sporadic CJD usually occurs in those older than...

Article: Research results from University of Zurich update understanding of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Women's Health Weekly;  January 15, 2009 ;     380 words ......histopathological data for two cohorts of Swiss sporadic CJD patients from years of regular sporadic CJD incidence (1996-2000, mean incidence 1.3 cases/10(6) inhabitants, n = 47) to Swiss sporadic CJD patients from years of elevated sporadic...

Article: New Jersey Woman Blames Seven Deaths on Disease Related to Mad Cow.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  January 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ......first time beef has been linked to sporadic CJD. Several hundred people in the United States die from sporadic CJD every year. That makes it rare, but...younger -- teens, 20s and 30s -- while sporadic CJD usually occurs in those over 55...

Article: Killer disease with still no hope of a cure.(COMMENT)
Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  November 1, 2006 ;     491 words ......to make their lives more comfortable. Sporadic CJD accounts for approximately 85pc of all...Ireland as a result of it. Meanwhile, sporadic CJD is associated with a misshapen protein...neurological and neuromuscular symptoms. Sporadic CJD is found in countries throughout the...

Article: New mad cow strain similar to human CJD.
United Press International;  February 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......increases the possibility some cases of sporadic CJD also could be due to mad cow-infected...typically strikes those under the age of 30. Sporadic CJD, by contrast, generally occurs in those...another piece of evidence that some of the sporadic CJD cases ... could be associated with ...

Article: Sporadic onset Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease: Interesting MRI observations
Neurology India;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......observations of a patient with "probable" sporadic CJD and discuss their significance in the...Master's criteria, our patient had probable sporadic CJD.[5] According to WHO diagnostic criteria...the CSF is an accurate test to detect sporadic CJD. It also suggested that MRI might be...

Article: ANGER OVER CJD BLUNDER; Op doctors used same instruments.(News)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  October 30, 2002 ;     201 words ......after hospital instruments exposed to sporadic CJD during brain surgery were then used...of a'theoretical risk' of contracting sporadic CJD, which is not the same as variant CJD...Hospitals NHS Trust said: 'A case of sporadic CJD has been confirmed in a patient at the...

Article: Part one, general considerations
Biopharm;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......forms, about 85% represent sporadic CJD, 10% inherited, and lated to...referred to as PrP resistant (PrP^sup res^) because it is relatively...sup 5^ prion molecules (PrP^sup res^) are required to transmit...the abnormal PrP isoform (PrP^sup res^) is necessary for ...

Article: NEW MAD COW STRAIN SIMILAR TO HUMAN CJD
United Press International;  February 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ......increases the possibility some cases of sporadic CJD also could be due to mad cow-infected...typically strikes those under the age of 30. Sporadic CJD, by contrast, generally occurs in those...another piece of evidence that some of the sporadic CJD cases ... could be associated with ...