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In a matter of speaking, yes. Mis-folded proteins are what cause "Mad Cow Disease," also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in cattle or Creuztfeldt-Jakobson's Disease in humans.
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What are ineffective proteins known as?
They are known as prions and cause many diseases such as Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfelt-Jacob disease.
How do cows get mad cow disease?
Mad cow disease happens when the proteins in the brain of cow become misfolded. This is called prion. In simple words all proteins have to be folded before they can function and when some proteins in the brain become misfolded, such a state is called prions (misfolding of proteins) and it results in mad cow disease.
What is a protein that can cause infection or disease?
Prions can cause an infection. They are simple proteins that can replicate under the right circumstances and one of them causes Mad Cow disease.
What is the causes mad cow disease?
infectious proteins called prions
Can mad cow disease cause blindness?
No.
What are the names of the bad proteins?
The infectious proteins (not made by you) are called prions. An example of this is the mad cow disease.
What is sad cow disease?
It's not sad cow disease, it's MAD cow disease. Its a brain disease that can cause irrational behavior in cows.
What is the pathogen that causes Mad Cow Disease?
A prion, or misfolded protein caused by genetic mutation.
What was a cause mad cow disease?
yeh when you had a poo ate it then pooed it back out in a cows mouth which made the cow mad so its madcow disease lols :)
What are rouge protein?
The Proteins which have changed to perions and cause mad cow disease . They are found in brain , nerve and lymph tissues as wll as liver , kidney and pancereas .
How can you make farmers aware about mad cow disease?
We are aware of mad cow disease
Can mad cow disease by identified by a gram stain?
Mad Cow Disease cannot be identified by a gram stain. Mad Cow Disease is caused by prions, incorrectly folded proteins. Gram staining is a way to separate bacteria into two groups - positive and negative - and cannot be used to identify prions, since prions are not bacteria.
