News tagged with human prion diseases

Ozone treated water v. lethal microbial material

A University of Alberta research team has discovered that technology commonly used to decontaminate food industry equipment can also rid meat processing plants of lethal microbial material responsible for the human version ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists devise accelerated method to determine infectious prion strains

Current tests to identify specific strains of infectious prions, which cause a range of transmissible diseases (such as mad cow) in animals and humans, can take anywhere from six months to a year to yield results - a time-lag ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Study points to disruption of copper regulation as key to prion diseases

(PhysOrg.com) -- An investigation of a rare, inherited form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease suggests that disrupted regulation of copper ions in the brain may be a key factor in this and other prion diseases.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1