Do "prions" exist? The word "prion" is used in different ways. It is used to describe the TSE group of diseases but it is also associated with the "protein-only" hypothesis discussed below.

Prions are best described as misfolded proteins with an ability to transmit their misfolded shape onto normal variants of the same protein. Let's dive into the many fatal neurodegenerative ...

Luckily for us, ice-nine is fictitious. But its biological counterpart, unfortunately, is not. The misfolded proteins known as prions are very real. Prions are proteinaceous infectious particles, ...

May 17, 2024 — A new study of prion diseases, using a human cerebral organoid model, suggests there is a substantial species barrier preventing transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from ...

For example, prions originating from sheep appear to be, as far as we know, innocuous for humans, whereas BSE prions are highly promiscuous and can cause disease in many different hosts ...

For the first time, researchers have developed an in vitro technique to detect the presence of prions in blood samples. An effective blood test for these lethal brain diseases could allow for ...

While deer and other animals such as elk and moose that contract CWD always die and there is no vaccine or treatment, the ...