prion

Examples

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• In the new test, a red color indicates that scrapie prions are present in the sample.

  Academic text (1998)

• BSE is transmitted to cows through feed containing animal parts from prion-infected cows.

  Academic text (2004)

• Discovery of these prion traits has altered the accepted scientific ground rules for what can cause disease.

  Academic text (2004)

• A test for the presence of prions in animal feed is problematic.

  Academic text (2004)

• However, infectivity in urine from naturally prion-affected animals has never been reported.

  Academic text (2012)

• Now the difference between all disorder, neurodegenerative diseases and the prion disorders is that prion disorders are infectious.

• Such a sensitive test would help diagnose animals with abnormal prions before they start showing clinical symptoms.

  Academic text (2004)

• Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, also known as prion diseases, are fatal neurodegenerative disorders that affect humans and animals.

  Academic text (2012)

• A new monoclonal antibody test can detect telltale prions in lymphoid tissue taken from a sheep's third eyelid.

  Academic text (1998)

• Certain neurodegenerative conditions, known as prion diseases, are caused by infectious proteins that can replicate in the brain.

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