Open Questions: Prions

See also: Protein chemistry and biology

Prions: Short list of links, by Robert Siegel.
Galaxy: Prions: Categorized site directory. Entries usually include descriptive annotations.

Prion diseases: Very good general information on prions and prion diseases, with a few external links, by Shaun Heaphy.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease/Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Pages on these diseases produced by the UK Department of Health.
Prion Diseases: A collection of resources on prion diseases, provided by the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
NIAID Research on Prion Diseases: Single-page summary on prion disease research sponsored by the U. S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Page provided by the World Health Organization, providing brief information and links to other resources.
New Scientist: BSE and vCJD: News articles from New Scientist on BSE and vCJD, and prions in general.
Stanley Prusiner: Home page of the discoverer of prions. Includes a brief summary and list of publications.

Prion: Article from Wikipedia. See also Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
Mad Cow's Human Toll: Brief May 2001 article from Scientific American, subtitled "The unfolding mystery of prion disease and its ultimate casualties."
Blood Test for Prions?: November 2000 Scientific American news article about a test for prions that uses blood plasminogens.
Stopping Prions from Going Mad: May 2000 Scientific American In Depth article, subtitled "Researchers scramble to learn how to disarm the infectious agents behind mad cow disease, scrapie and their human counterpart, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease."
What is a Prion?: October 1999 Scientific American Ask the Experts feature, with answers by several scientists.
How Prions Leap Species: March 8, 2001 news article from Scientific American.

The Prion Anomaly
Alain Bussard
Seed Magazine, December-January 2006
The Prion Diseases
Stanley B. Prusiner
Scientific American, January 1995, pp. 48-57: Although prions do not contain genetic material, they are able to reproduce by reshaping a host's proteins into copies of themselves. Prion infections cause neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans.