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What is another name for prion disease?
A prion is a misfolded protein that is considered an infectious agent because they cause properly folded proteins to convert into the misfolded, prion form. In humans, prions cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. In cattle, prions cause mad-cow disease.
What are potential dangers of a prion?
Prions are proteins that can cause misfolding of other proteins in the brain, leading to neurodegenerative diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Due to their ability to self-propagate and resist normal sterilization techniques, prions pose a significant risk of spreading through contaminated tissues or medical instruments. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies caused by prions are currently incurable and fatal.
What is a disease in cattle associated with prions?
One disease of cattle caused by a prion is BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) aka Mad Cow Disease
What disease is the same as Mad Cow disease?
No, BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the scientific name for mad cow disease) is generally thought to be caused by a prion, a misfolded protein. There are some theories that BSE could be caused by a virino, a very small virus, but this is not the currently accepted research.
What are prions found in?
Prions are misfolded proteins that can induce abnormal folding of normal proteins in the brain, leading to neurodegenerative diseases. They are primarily associated with various transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, mad cow disease in cattle, and scrapie in sheep. Prions can be found in infected tissues, particularly in the brain and nervous system of affected animals and humans. They are notable for their resistance to conventional methods of sterilization and disinfection.
Is spongiform encephalopathy a virus?
The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (BSE, CWD, kuru, etc.) are not viruses - they are infectious mis-folded proteins called prions.
What is another name for prion disease?
A prion is a misfolded protein that is considered an infectious agent because they cause properly folded proteins to convert into the misfolded, prion form. In humans, prions cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. In cattle, prions cause mad-cow disease.
What is a disease that has a second letter O?
Gonorrhea is one, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is another. Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria, whilst BSE is a neurological diseased, thought to be caused by Prions.
What spongiform encephalopathies cause cannibalism?
There are no transmissible spongiform encephalopathies that cause cannibalism. However, there was a TSE in humans that was transmitted through ritual cannibalism. This was kuru, a disease identified in indigenous people in the South Pacific. Part of the culture was for the survivors to consume the bodies of those who had died, so that the deceased could continue in some fashion within those who had survived. However, once the link between ritual cannibalism and death from kuru was established, the people abandoned the practice and kuru has been effectively eradicated from this population.
How many people suffer from alzhimer's?
0 There is no such thing as "alzheires disease".
What is the full form of FSE?
Feline spongiform encephalopathy a disease caused by prions in cats.
Why does alzhimers exist?
spongiform encephalopathies. Kuru and Mad Cow kind of like a bacteria but much smaller and you can't kill it by cooking it ....also a Type of Enzyme... All Things want to keep living ,even Bacteria...so It (what ever it is) lives at our expense.
What is prions?
PrionsA prion is an infectious protein that is misfolded. These proteins can aggregate in the brain and other neural tissue, forming amyloids. Diseases associated with prions include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), scrapie, kuru, chronic wasting disease, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Prions are still poorly understood by researchers, and prion diseases (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies) remain untreatable.
What are potential dangers of a prion?
Prions are proteins that can cause misfolding of other proteins in the brain, leading to neurodegenerative diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Due to their ability to self-propagate and resist normal sterilization techniques, prions pose a significant risk of spreading through contaminated tissues or medical instruments. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies caused by prions are currently incurable and fatal.
Was mad cows disease caused by fungus?
NO. Mad cow disease (more properly called Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) is caused by a prion which is a mis-folded protein, not a fungus.
How does the virus of mad cow get its energy?
Mad Cow Disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is NOT caused by a virus, it is a PRION, which is a mis-folded protein.
What kind of disease cannot spread from person to person?
An autoimmune disease cannot be spread from person to person. It is caused by the person's own body attacking itself. Examples of this are Multiple Sclerosis and Lupus.An autoimmune disease, however, may have a chance of being genetically based, meaning that it may be passed from mother/ father to their child (potentially).
