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Prion is a protein that is able to cause other proteins to take its appearance. This is a nonliving protein that can reproduce on its own. Learn more about it on the web. Look here for more information: http://www.drug3k.com/forum/Infectiou...
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Not doing all your homework for you,happy reading A cult of proteins - how prions replicate Discover, Feb, 1995 by Josie Glausiusz E-mail Print Link WHEN A SHEEP scrapes itself against fence posts, grinds its teeth and shakes its head, and ...
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ahh prions.... my specialist subject. I was going to launch into some detailed essay on protein folding, but I think the magnet analogy is really good! Normal, healthy prion protein (that everyone has) is made of alpha helices, 'bad', infec...
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A prion is thought to be an infectious agent that, according to current scientific consensus, is comprised entirely of a propagated, mis-folded protein The mis-folded form of the prion protein has been implicated in a number of diseases in ...
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Prion protein, a form of protein that triggers BSE, is associated with other brain diseases in cattle, raising the possibility of a significant increase in the range of prion disease. Get the full story...
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are fatal neurodegenerative diseases that involve misfolding of the prion protein. Recent studies have provided evidence that normal prion protein might have a physiological function in neuroprotect...
http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/12829011
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17512677
Latest research suggest that BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as "mad cow disease") can also be the result of genetic mutations with the prion protein gene. These findings are significant because they tell us ...
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I was recently asked by an e-mailer to comment on a new study about evolution of prions based via a process like Darwinian selection. Prions are misfolded proteins (or misfolded protein complexes). They aren’t alive. They can’t replicate on...
http://www.antievolution.org/cs/aggregator/sources/3
Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a transmissible, slowly progressive, degenerative, and fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of adult cattle. The USDA tests some 20,000 animals every year for this...
http://www.webmd.com/webmddiet/news_articles/mad_cow_di...