Open Questions: Prions
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Site indexes
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Prions
- Short list of links, by
Robert Siegel.
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Galaxy: Prions
- Categorized site directory. Entries usually include
descriptive annotations.
Sites with general resources
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Prion diseases
- Very good general information on prions and prion diseases,
with a few external links, by Shaun Heaphy.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease/Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Pages on these diseases produced by the UK Department of Health.
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Prion Diseases
- A collection of resources on prion diseases, provided by the U. S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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NIAID Research on Prion Diseases
- Single-page summary on prion disease research sponsored by the U. S.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
- Page provided by the World Health Organization, providing
brief information and links to other resources.
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New Scientist: BSE and vCJD
- News articles from New Scientist on BSE and vCJD,
and prions in general.
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Stanley Prusiner
- Home page of the discoverer of prions. Includes a brief
summary and list of publications.
Surveys, overviews, tutorials
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Prion
- Article from
Wikipedia.
See also
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy,
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
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Mad Cow's Human Toll
- Brief May 2001 article from Scientific American,
subtitled "The unfolding mystery of prion disease and its ultimate
casualties."
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Blood Test for Prions?
- November 2000 Scientific American news article about
a test for prions that uses blood plasminogens.
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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."
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What is a Prion?
- October 1999 Scientific American Ask the Experts feature,
with answers by several scientists.
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How Prions Leap Species
- March 8, 2001 news article from Scientific American.
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The Prion Anomaly
Alain Bussard
Seed Magazine, December-January 2006
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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.
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