Do "prions" exist? The word "prion" is used in different ways. It is used to describe the TSE group of diseases but it is also associated with the "protein-only" hypothesis discussed below.

Improved amplification tests can help detect chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the saliva, urine, and feces of white-tailed ...

ABOVE: Protein misfolding plays an important role in many neurodegenerative disorders. © istock.com, Eoneren. W hen Julie ...

I’ve hunted practically as long as I can remember, pursuing small game, upland birds, waterfowl, and deer, elk, and caribou.

For example, prions originating from sheep appear to be, as far as we know, innocuous for humans, whereas BSE prions are highly promiscuous and can cause disease in many different hosts ...

CWD has become a factor, albeit a tiny one, in reducing the Ohio deer population. Caused by misshaped proteins known as ...

Interestingly, the extended PMCA yielded novel forms of misfolded prions that caused new disease phenotypes. When injected into wild-type hamsters, the PMCA-generated hampster PrP Sc caused ...

Pennsylvania Game Commission advises hunters to have their deer tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). especially during ...

A Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists highlights efforts to curb Chronic Wasting Disease and how hunters play a ...

Chronic wasting disease is a neurological, degenerative disease caused by prions. Prions are misfolded proteins that cause ...

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The issues are affecting programs like disease monitoring of herds. Bighorn sheep disease management in the Okanagan has ...