Kuru disease 
.... process of conformational change. The
prion disease all segregate with
prion protein gene mutations. Three hypotheses have been ....
(1807
7
)
Alzheimer's disease
.... This data supports the existence of a new subtype of familial early-onset Alzheimer's
disease with a concomitant beta-amyloid and
prion brain pathology ....
(1701
7
)
Mad Cow Disease
.... reports that "both these possibilities seem highly unlikely for BSE: of all non-inherited
prion diseases only scrapie behaved in this way" ("British
Disease" ....
(1191
5
)
Insomnia Sleep Disorder
.... This kind of insomnia is known as a
prion (infectious protein)-related
disease, which actually merely starts with sleeplessness and then degenerates into ....
(4014
16
)
Patient Profiles
.... known as a
prion. They have a long incubation period but then cause a rapid death once symptoms appear. There are no laboratory tests to diagnose the
disease. ....
(3231
13
)
Biotechnology and Food
.... led to the introduction of BSE or mad cow
disease, which developed when cows were fed carelessly sterilized remains of sheep that allowed
prion to creep ....
(3058
12
)
Red Blood Cell Disorders
.... of mental functions -Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease - caused by a brain infection, probably by a
prion, possibly related to mad cow
disease; rapidly progressive ....
(9292
37
)
