Mad cow disease airborne
University of Zurich researchers have discovered that prions – the infectious proteins that can causeCreutzfeldt-Jakob (mad cow) disease – can…
Mad cow disease… sans cow!
In a startling new study, scientists have shown for the first time that abnormal prions – fragments of infectious protein…
Prions capable of evolutionary change
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that proteinaceous infectious particles (prions) are capable of Darwinian evolution. The breakthrough…
Scientists create species-jumping hybrid prions
In research with profound implications for public health, scientists have created entirely new strains of infectious prions in the laboratory…
Prions Role In Evolution Revealed
An incorrect change in a molecule’s shape when a protein misfolds can lead to diseases including Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s. But…