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[Prion diseases. The "prion" a remarkable infectious agents]
1U-431 INSERM, Institut E. Bataillon, Université de Montpellier 2, France.
Journal De La Societe De Biologie
|October 30, 1999
Summary
Prion diseases are fatal brain disorders caused by misfolded prion proteins (PrP). Understanding the conversion of normal PrP (PrPC) to the infectious PrPSc form is key to combating these neurodegenerative conditions.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology