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Early Fix: Prion Disease Remedied In Mice, Science News
 









Excerpts: Mad cow disease and other brain disorders stemming from prion proteins
have long resisted cure. (...) Prions-misfolded versions of a natural protein
called PrP-trigger normal PrP to misfold in the same way. Over time, prion
infection kills so many neurons that the brain becomes riddled with holes.  
(...) tested whether shutting off the prions' supply of PrP could alter the
course of disease. They worked with genetically engineered mice that make PrP
only for the first 9 weeks of life and normal mice that make PrP indefinitely.
Source: Early Fix: Prion Disease Remedied In Mice[
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20070203/fob4.asp ], Nathan Seppa, Science
News, 07/02/03
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