Fri, 01/29/2010 - 05: 34 — Naomie (not verified) the name prion. From Wordnik.com. [Tikvah Alper.] Reference
You say she disputed the name prion because it did not behave as a protein under radiation. From Wordnik.com. [Tikvah Alper.] Reference
The name prion (pronounced pree-on) is derived from "proteinaceous infectious particle.". From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine for 1997-Animation] Reference
It is caused by a prion, which is neither a virus nor a bacteria, and technically, is not "alive". From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Japan suspends beef exports over foot-and-mouth] Reference
The disease is based on a protein abnormality, when a protein called a prion attacks the thalamus. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Michael J. Breus: Sleep Tips: The Link Between Insomnia and Health] Reference
CJD is a prion, which is totaly different from bacteria and viruses to which our systems can develop immunity. From Wordnik.com. [Jean's Knitting] Reference
Research shows that the prion, which is that infectious agent that causes BSE, is not found in skeletal muscle tissue. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2003] Reference
The patients had Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or CJD, a fatal brain-wasting illness in a family of diseases called prion diseases. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
Currently, the most accepted theory is that the agent is a modified form of a normal cell surface component known as prion protein. From Wordnik.com. [NewsNet5.com - Local News] Reference
It’s thought to be caused by a viral particle called a prion. From Wordnik.com. [A Share in Death] Reference
PrPres is thought to be the major or lone component of the infectious agent of prion disease, the so called "prion". From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
“Anyway, she says this Creutzfeldt-Jakob thing—am I saying it right—it’s caused by something called a prion.”. From Wordnik.com. [Life Support] Reference
A prion is a chemical. From Wordnik.com. [Of Prions and People - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Wv= "prion" Soon the Mad Steve disease will be gone. From Wordnik.com. [Could it possibly get any worse?] Reference
A normal prion is a protein that forms naturally in our cells. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctuary: Bad Bad Prions] Reference
(Some notable exceptions include hepatitis and prion diseases.). From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 Archives] Reference
Mad cow disease is actually called by something known as a prion. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2006] Reference
And guess what you get when you inject animals with the pure prion?. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
There, the prion (as in Mad Cow Disease) is waiting to finish the job. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
The prion is certainly tough enough to live if you consider prions alive in soil. From Wordnik.com. [Carcass disposal in Europe. Feed the starving vultures.] Reference
The idea of a deformed protein, a prion, being the cause was a major new insight. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
If I saw a patient with a prion disease, well, um, my friend knows me pretty well. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-01-01] Reference
So, pretty strong, sensitive evidence that the prion occurs in meat of infected deer. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Still no infection in chimpanzees, despite having the prion injected directly into their brains. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Now, this prion is not a bacteria or a parasite or even a virus, so normal treatments do not work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2004] Reference
And that "humans consuming or handling meat from CWD-infected deer are at risk to prion exposure.". From Wordnik.com. [Deer season opening with new fears about venison] Reference
It causes the brain to deteriorate through the instrument of an infectious protein called a prion. From Wordnik.com. [mad cow disease] Reference
It suggests that eventually we may find the CWD prion in muscle, too, which may be bad for publicity. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
So they figure there's got to be something else involved as well, something that activates or introduces the prion. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
And there will be throats cut, and lymph nodes extracted for testing for the prion that causes chronic wasting disease. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
In describing the prion responsible for transmitting that disease, the expert described it as "a tenacious little fart.". From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
The prion that causes scrapie has been found in low density in sheep muscle tissue (meat), not just in the brain and spinal cord. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Again, supporting the supposition that human nerve proteins are too different from deer proteins to make us susceptible to the deer prion. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
FIRFER: Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is thought to be caused by an abnormal form of a cell protein called a prion. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2004] Reference
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