First Artificial Human Prion Createdby Neuroscience News![]()
This is an image of synthetic human prions accumulating in the brain of humanized transgenic mice. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to Case Western Reserve School of Medicine.
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Researchers have successfully created a synthetic version of a human prion, a protein associated with brain wasting diseases like sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The prions may help shed new light on, and provide treatment options, for those with CJD and other prion related diseases.
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