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Crows fed on prion-infected brains from mice can transmit these infectious agents in their feces and may play a role in the geographic spread of diseases caused by prions, such as chronic wasting ...

The elk cow was found dead from the fatal neurodegenerative illness near Cody, in the northwestern part of the state.

Researchers have identified the amino acid sequences that allow prions to aggregate and replicate - and thereby pass through generations of cells - and prove this by designing an artificial yeast ...

A mysterious neurological disease was killing women and children in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Patients in the final stages experienced uncontrollable outbursts of laughter, earning ...

Prions are not rare, usually are not harmful and may even help organisms adapt, a new study in yeast suggests. Prions are shape-shifting proteins that change function along with their shapes, and can ...

Prions are transmissible, self-replicating protein conformations that cause neurodegenerative diseases in mammals, but function as beneficial genetic elements in fungi. The generation of synthetic ...

There’s something unfeasibly sinister about prions. These infectious entities are incredibly simple, but they can cause fatal and untreatable diseases like mad cow disease, CJD, and others. Prions are ...

If you search for decent definitions of evolution, the chances are that you’ll see genes mentioned somewhere. The American Heritage Dictionary talks about natural selection acting on “genetic ...

The heritable variation that drives new forms and functions is generally ascribed to mutations in the genetic code. We previously proposed an entirely different pathway for creating heritable ...