Mayo Clinic launched a new prion test, RT-QuIC Prion, CSF, which can distinguish prion disease from other causes of rapidly ...

The Center, through the Autopsy Coordination Program, offers financial and logistical assistance for a brain-only autopsy, to families with loved ones suffering from a suspected prion disease. This ...

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 ...

These observations suggest that a diagnostic test for prion infections based on CSF or other non-brain tissues or excretia may be possible. Further studies will be required to demonstrate the ...