Article
"Life, Jim, but not as we know it"? Transmissible dementias and the prion protein.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Apr 1991
Harrison P J, Roberts G W
Abstract excerpt
The spongiform encephalopathies are unusual in several respects. Firstly, they are transmissible, and in some cases inheritable. Secondly, variants of these disorders occur in many species and can be transmitted by consumption of infected material; this has led to concern as to the potential risk...
Topics
- Alzheimer Disease
- Animals
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Dementia
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease
- Humans
- Kuru
- Mutation
- Prions
- Virulence