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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Prion detection"”.
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Timing recombinant prion protein conversion as a measure of prion activity in chronic wasting disease
… neurological disease affecting cervids caused by prions. Infected cervids shed the CWD prion in bodily fluids and excrement, contaminating the environment and creating an agricultural and ecological calamity. Preclinical antemortem CWD testing method is demanded by CWD risk management programs. In …
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Development of the new yeast-based assays for prion properties
Prion is an infectious isoform of a normal cellular protein which is capable of converting the non-prion form of the same protein into the alternative prion form. Mammalian prion protein PrP is responsible for prion formation in mammals, causing a series of fatal and incurable prion diseases. (1) …
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Decontamination of prions, prion-associated amyloid and inefectivity from surgical stainless steel - implications for the risk of iatrogenic transmission of CJD
… nature of the infectious agent in prion diseases creates a<br/>significant challenge for decontamination services. It has been shown to be both resistant to<br/>standard methods of decontamination, used to inactivate viruses and bacteria, and to associate<br/>avidly with surgical …