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  2. Prion - Wikipedia

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    A prion / ˈ p r iː ɒ n / ⓘ is a misfolded protein that induces misfolding in normal variants of the same protein, leading to cellular death.Prions are responsible for prion diseases, known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs), which are fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases affecting both humans and animals.

  3. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    For example, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease has been transmitted to patients taking injections of growth hormone harvested from human pituitary glands, from cadaver dura allografts and from instruments used for brain surgery (Brown, 2000) (prions can survive the "autoclave" sterilization process used for most surgical instruments).

  4. Proteinopathy - Wikipedia

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    [30] [31] In this way, the disease state can be brought about in a susceptible host by the introduction of diseased tissue extract from an affected donor. The best known forms of inducible proteopathy are prion diseases, [32] which can be transmitted by exposure of a host organism to purified prion protein in a disease-causing conformation. [33 ...

  5. Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Prion diseases, also called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are neurodegenerative diseases of the brain thought to be caused by a protein that converts to an abnormal form called a prion. [16] [17] GSS is a very rare TSE, making its genetic origin nearly impossible to determine.

  6. 65 Unsettling Medical Facts That Are Not For The Faint Of Heart

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    Prion diseases. Basically a protein, which is the basic building block for your body, goes rogue. This leads to a chain reaction where other proteins around it are misshaped and basic body ...

  7. Zoonosis - Wikipedia

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    A zoonosis (/ z oʊ ˈ ɒ n ə s ɪ s, ˌ z oʊ ə ˈ n oʊ s ɪ s / ⓘ; [1] plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) that can jump from a non-human vertebrate to a human.

  8. Alarming case of deadly brain disease linked to Covid-19 - AOL

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    Prion diseases occur after a normal prion protein, which is found on the surface of cells, becomes abnormal. It eventually forms a clump in the brain and causes brain damage, and this can lead to ...

  9. List of infections of the central nervous system - Wikipedia

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    They include mostly viral infections, less commonly bacterial infections, fungal infections, prion diseases and protozoan infections. Neonatal meningitis is a particular classification by age. By anatomical site