Science news articles about 'transmissible spongiform encephalopathies'

  • Study confirms vCJD could be transmitted by blood transfusion

    ... infection." BSE is one of a group of rare neurodegenerative disorders called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), which include scrapie and vCJD. Of 22 sheep that received BSE infected ...
  • Infectious, test tube-produced prions can jump the 'species barrier'

    ... of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. Prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are infectious neurodegenerative diseases affecting the brain of several ...
  • Changes in urine could lead to BSE test for live animals

    ... it is possible to identify biomarkers in urine that could be useful in the diagnosis and monitoring of disease progression in BSE and related transmissible spongiform encephalopathies," says Knox.
  • Prion infectivity found in white and brown fat tissues of mice

    ... in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. Prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, are infectious progressive fatal neurodegenerative diseases which affect humans as ...
  • Closing In On Goat Scrapie

    Goats are tough, spirited animals, but they're no match for scrapie, a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Now, with a "helping hand" from science, the animals' plight could take a turn ...
  • Closing In On Goat Scrapie

    Goats are tough, spirited animals, but they're no match for scrapie, a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Now, with a "helping hand" from science, the animals' plight could take a turn ...
  • A penny for your prions

    ... link between copper and the normal functioning of prion proteins, which are associated with transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases such as Cruetzfeldt-Jakob in humans or "mad cow" disease in ...
  • Species barrier may protect macaques from chronic wasting disease

    ... brain-damaging disease known as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) or prion disease. CWD ... include mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, scrapie in sheep, ...

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