Prion diseases are a group of different conditions that affect your brain and nervous system. They can cause severe dementia or problems with body control that get worse very quickly. They're rare -- ...

Prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), are fast-moving, fatal dementia syndromes associated with the formation of aggregates of the prion protein, PrP. How these aggregates form ...

New research from Japan suggests that a rare brain-destroying disease caused by rogue prion proteins may be becoming more common—likely due to an aging population. The study, published last month in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine Prion diseases are rare but deadly neurodegenerative brain ...

Prion diseases are rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorders caused by misfolded prion proteins (PrP) in the brain. This can lead to memory loss, behavior changes, and movement problems. Prion diseases ...

Rather than being genetic or acquired, Johnston's CJD developed when normal prions in her brain spontaneously began ...

Prion diseases are rare and occur due to proteins in the brain that “misfold.” Another name for prion disease is transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). There are many types of prion ...

The number of deaths caused by prion diseases reaches about 30,000 annually. Only 5 months pass from the diagnosis of seemingly healthy patients to the fatal outcome of this neurodegenerative ...

Researchers this week say their work should upturn the conventional narrative of how Alzheimer’s disease happens. They argue the progression of Alzheimer’s is driven by a very specific form of two ...

In a new study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified the structure of protein fibrils linked to a hereditary form of human prion disease. This insight, ...

The world is a dangerous place, and for humans, some of the most dangerous things are so small that you can’t see them. Millions of people die from tiny things like viruses, bacteria, and fungi each ...

Sporadic CJD (sCJD) Unknown, but widely believed to be due to a spontaneous misfolding of the normal prion protein. Affects mainly people over the age of 60. Common symptoms include ataxia and ...