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Prions are infectious proteins that cause diseases such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) in cattle and transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in humans (EFSA, n.d.).

Life’s a lot better when you stay curious and open-minded about the world. That’s easier said than done, however. Adult ...

Prion-induced ferroptosis is facilitated by RAC3 Prions are infectious agents that initiate transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

Several other prion diseases have been described in farmed and wild animals: scrapie in sheep and goats, chronic wasting disease in deer and other cervids, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and ...

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are degenerative fatal diseases that can affect livestock. TSE's are caused by similar, as yet uncharacterized, agents that usually produce spongiform changes ...

A membrane transport protein called SLC13A5 has previously been linked to a severe form of epileptic encephalopathy.

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Prions are known to form protein aggregates, including polymeric structures, and are causally involved in the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and Kuru ...

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Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric disorder due to effects of various toxins that accumulate in the blood because of inability of the liver to perform normal detoxifying functions. [1] ...